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Ardara Overpass

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Photo taken by Brian McKee in May 2009

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BH Photo #140825

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Conrail Railroad on PA 4019 (Leger Rd.)
Location
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1902 by American Bridge Co.
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 120.1 ft.
Total length: 120.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Leger Road Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.36000, -79.74000   (decimal degrees)
40°21'36" N, 79°44'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/606987/4468476 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Irwin
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
4,437
Inventory numbers
PA 64 4019 0070 0961 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 36697 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31826 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2015)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 3.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,269)
Bridgemapper.com (1,326)
Built 1902 (443)
Built during 1900s (6,501)
Closed (2,498)
Have street view (24,046)
NR-eligible (3,982)
One-lane traffic (7,513)
Owned by railroad (10,481)
 Pennsylvania (4,589)
Pony truss (15,230)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,117)
Structurally deficient (17,862)
Total length 100-125 feet (4,798)
Truss (29,966)
Warren pony truss (2,995)
Warren truss (5,960)
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (92)

Update Log 

  • February 1, 2014: New Street View added by J.P.
  • March 3, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Bridge closed.
  • June 2, 2009: Updated by Brian McKee
  • June 1, 2009: Updated by Brian McKee

Sources 

  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke
  • Todd Wilson
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Ardara Overpass
Posted March 11, 2014, by george oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

fine,but that does not tell me nothing.i would like to know if this bridge will be demolished or replaced with the world famous concrete slab.keep in touch.

Ardara Pony Truss Bridge
Posted February 1, 2014, by Anonymous

How about you zoom in using that Google Map and find out for yourself?

Ardara Pony Truss Bridge
Posted February 1, 2014, by george oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

does anyone know the current status of this structurally deficient bridge?please let me know.thanks.

Ardara Pony Truss Bridge
Posted March 3, 2013, by Lauren McKinnon (bimini3 [at] ymail [dot] com)

Bridge closed