Rating:
59407
{57}%
1 vote
Cornplanter Bridge
Description
Deck truss bridge built over flooded Kinzua Creek, to carry PA 59 over Allegheny Reservoir which was created by Kinzua Dam. Longest bridge in Warren County. Named after Cornplanter, a Seneca war chief and diplomat. Later renamed in 1978 for James Morrison, the first permanent settler in Kinzua Township, though the Cornplanter name is still commonly used.
Facts
- Overview
- Warren deck truss with all verticals bridge over Kinzua Creek on PA 59 (Kinzua Road)
- Location
- Warren County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1962
- Design
- Warren deck truss with all verticals
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 299.9 ft.
Total length: 1,813.1 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
- Also called
- James Morrison Memorial Bridge
Kinzua Point Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.85687, -78.95763 (decimal degrees)
41°51'25" N, 78°57'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/669527/4635901 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cornplanter Bridge
- Elevation
- 1409 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 1,407
- Inventory numbers
- PANBI 34011 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 59407 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of July 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 76 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 3, 2017: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
- January 27, 2014: New Street View added by Roger Deschner
- January 26, 2014: Added by Roger Deschner