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Equinunk Creek Bridge

Wayne County, Pennsylvania

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Overview
Lost pony truss bridge over Equinunk Creek on TR 724
Location
Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1898; rehabilitated 1980 CA
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 42.0 ft.
Total length: 43.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.80667, -75.26333   (decimal degrees)
41°48'24" N, 75°15'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/478125/4628344 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lake Como
Inventory numbers
PA 63 7202 0724 0104 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 31804 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,531)
Built 1898 (307)
Built during 1890s (2,976)
Lost (24,597)
Lost 2006 (355)
Lost during 2000s (4,174)
Owned by county (20,730)
Pennsylvania (5,294)
Pony truss (16,159)
 Pratt pony truss (3,632)
Pratt truss (9,268)
Replaced by new bridge (16,483)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,610)
Structurally deficient (14,288)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,151)
Truss (32,701)
Wayne County, Pennsylvania (47)
Wooden deck (6,065)

Update Log 

  • September 13, 2016: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status to Lost.
  • September 13, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.

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Equinunk Creek Bridge
Posted September 13, 2016, by greg quaglio (gquaglio54 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge was destroyed in the 2006 flood and has been replaced with a concrete structure. The local news paper listed the bridge as "missing".