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Bermudian Creek Bridge

York County, Pennsylvania
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Photo taken by Jodi Christman on March 2, 2011

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Description 

FROM THE 1996-2001 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BRIDGE SURVEY: The single span, 28'-long stone arch bridge built in 1918 has rusticated voussoirs and fieldstone spandrel walls and parapets. The parapets have replacement concrete coping, the intrados has been shotcreted, concrete scour protection has been added, and the stonework has grapevine repointing (1983). The bridge is a short, late and altered example of the traditional stone arch bridge technology that has been in use in the state since the colonial period. Over 350 examples have been identified statewide with approximately two-thirds dating to before 1900. More complete and distinguished examples in the county are BMS Nos. 66 7220 974 3202 & 66 4016 0020 2668. The bridge is not historically or technologically significant for its setting or context.

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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Bermudian Creek on Cabin Hollow Road (TR 859)
Location
York County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1918; rehabilitated 1983
Builders
- Charles A. Williams (County engineer)
- W. H. DRAWBAUGH
Design
Stone arch, closed spandrel
Dimensions
Span length: 24.9 ft.
Total length: 24.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.07800, -77.01910   (decimal degrees)
40°04'41" N, 77°01'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/327840/4438367 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Dillsburg
Inventory numbers
PA 66 7210 0859 3235 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 38127 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31856 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2009)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 50.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
175

Categories 

Arch (9,418)
Built 1918 (329)
Built during 1910s (6,730)
Charles A. Williams (12)
Deck arch (8,695)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Open (28,309)
Owned by county (16,488)
 Pennsylvania (3,037)
Span length under 25 feet (4,081)
Stone arch (1,927)
Structurally deficient (16,678)
Total length under 25 feet (1,401)
W. H. DRAWBAUGH (3)
York County, Pennsylvania (110)

Update Log 

  • December 26, 2011: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added builder and description
  • March 5, 2011: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • October 30, 2010: Updated by Jodi Christman: Tweaked GPS coords

Sources 

  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com

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