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Mill Creek Bridge

Venango County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

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

Map 

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

Categories 

19th Century (7,277)
Bridgemapper.com (1,326)
Built during 1880s (1,936)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (488)
Lost (23,695)
NR-eligible (4,028)
One-lane traffic (7,555)
Owned by county (20,391)
Pennsylvania (5,138)
Pony truss (15,992)
 Pratt pony truss (3,573)
Pratt truss (9,098)
Replaced by new bridge (15,830)
Skewed (4,852)
Smith Bridge Co. (74)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,881)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,126)
Truss (32,173)
Venango County, Pennsylvania (67)

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.

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