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Donaldson Bridge

Washington County, Pennsylvania
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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Raccoon Creek on TR 500
Location
Washington County, Pennsylvania
Status
Demolished and replaced.
History
Built 1901 by Nelson & Buchanan
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 83.0 ft.
Total length: 83.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.43833, -80.36667   (decimal degrees)
40°26'18" N, 80°22'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/553714/4476602 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Clinton
Inventory numbers
PA 62 7223 0500 4007 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 44377 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31755 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 00/2000)
Sufficiency rating: 100.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
65

Categories 

Built 1901 (283)
Built during 1900s (4,268)
Lost (10,495)
Lost 2007 (196)
Lost during 2000s (3,098)
Owned by county (16,526)
Pennsylvania (3,046)
Pony truss (13,212)
 Pratt pony truss (2,350)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Replaced by new bridge (7,220)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,740)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,813)
Truss (23,615)
Washington County, Pennsylvania (95)

Update Log 

  • February 18, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge has been replaced.

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Donaldson Bridge
Posted October 20, 2007, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

I believe the location of this bridge is on Raccoon Creek Rd over Raccoon Creek. It is south of Bable Rd & north of Kramer Rd. If this is the correct location, the bridge is gone. There was a very new looking concrete bridge there on 10/20/07.