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Tunkhannock Creek Bridge

Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

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Creek Bridge

1910 Postmark

Photo uploaded by Art S.

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BH Photo #417882

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Tunkhannock Creek on TR 416
Location
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1891
Design
Baltimore through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 141.1 ft.
Total length: 145.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.58409, -75.86347   (decimal degrees)
41°35'03" N, 75°51'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/428025/4603960 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Factoryville
Inventory numbers
PA 65 7207 0416 0107 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 31849 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,769)
Baltimore through truss (292)
Baltimore truss (321)
Built 1891 (200)
Built during 1890s (2,696)
Formerly NR-eligible (386)
Lost (21,123)
Owned by county (19,637)
 Pennsylvania (4,782)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,958)
Structurally deficient (17,209)
Through truss (13,772)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,590)
Truss (30,824)
Wooden deck (5,983)
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania (28)

Update Log 

  • June 7, 2019: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • February 10, 2018: Updated by Art Suckewer: Added by Art S - old photo showing a Baltimore rather than Pratt truss
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Tunkhannock Creek Bridge
Posted June 7, 2019, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Based on the trim, is this a King?

Tunkhannock Creek Bridge
Posted August 25, 2008, by Seth Gaines (sethgaines [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is gone. The road is closed and the abutment on the South side appears to have washed out into the creek. The marker on the map is not in the right place. The marker denotes a very small (maybe 5') derelict timber bridge on TR 407.