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Lake Creek Bridge

Venango County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Bridgemapper.com photo

Photo taken by Todd Wilson in December 2010

BH Photo #405022

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Lake Creek on TR 372 (Woolen Mills Road) in Cooperstown
Location
Venango County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1889
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 73.2 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.52167, -79.86500   (decimal degrees)
41°31'18" N, 79°51'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/594699/4597291 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dempseytown
Inventory numbers
PA 60 7402 0372 3017 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 33933 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31709 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2009)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 25.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
550

Categories 

19th Century (6,181)
Built 1889 (185)
Built during 1880s (1,645)
Lost (18,649)
Lost 2013 (253)
Lost during 2010s (1,985)
One-lane traffic (7,421)
Owned by county (18,846)
Pennsylvania (4,122)
 Pony truss (15,046)
Pratt pony truss (3,180)
Pratt truss (8,016)
Replaced by new bridge (12,349)
Span length 50-75 feet (8,889)
Structurally deficient (18,407)
Total length 50-75 feet (8,429)
Truss (29,433)
Venango County, Pennsylvania (62)

Update Log 

  • June 1, 2015: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge has been demolished and replaced.

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