Mill Creek Bridge

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West side - exterior view

Mill Creek flowing towards camera

Photo taken by Brian Manville on May 20, 2017

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BH Photo #391290

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Description

The bridge has been rehabilitated since the photographs at this link http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=pe... were taken in July 2006. The stone ends remains, but what remains does not resemble the bridge as it originally looked. The photos taken 5/20/2017 reflect the current state of the bridge.

Facts

Overview: Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Mill Creek on TR 522 (Dotter Road)
Location: Venango County, Pennsylvania
Status: Replaced by a new bridge on the old substructure
History: Built ca. 1885 by the Smith Bridge Co.
Builder: - Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
Design: 4-panel, pinned Half-hip Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Span length: 62.0 ft.
Total length: 62.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Dotterer Road bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.22500, -79.72167 (decimal degrees)
41°13'30" N, 79°43'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/607144/4564522 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Emlenton
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 75
Inventory numbers: PA 60 7217 0522 3041 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 33928 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31714 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 29 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

July 27, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Fixed status to show that this bridge is gone.
May 20, 2017: Updated by Brian Manville: Added photographs and description.

Sources

Brian Manville
Todd Wilson
Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com