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Paxton Bridge

Washington County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Bridgemapper.com photo

Photo taken by Todd Wilson in 2007

BH Photo #405092

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Chartiers Run on PA670
Location
Houston, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1919, replaced 2014
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 47.9 ft.
Total length: 51.8 ft.
Deck width: 10.8 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.25019, -80.22003   (decimal degrees)
40°15'01" N, 80°13'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/566334/4455818 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Canonsburg
Average daily traffic (as of 1990)
50
Inventory numbers
PA 62 7207 0661 4040 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 35261 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31772 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2011)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 16.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Bridgemapper.com (1,325)
Built 1919 (519)
Built during 1910s (9,565)
Houston, Pennsylvania (2)
Lost (24,184)
Lost 2014 (339)
Lost during 2010s (3,138)
NR-eligible (4,047)
One-lane traffic (7,567)
Owned by county (20,591)
 Pennsylvania (5,226)
Pony truss (16,095)
Replaced by new bridge (16,140)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,469)
Structurally deficient (14,568)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,208)
Truss (32,502)
Warren pony truss (3,306)
Warren truss (6,456)
Washington County, Pennsylvania (175)

Update Log 

  • September 1, 2015: Updated by Elliott Johnson: bridge was replaced

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