Rating:
31851
{99}%
1 vote
Bairs Mill Road Bridge
Photos
Bridgemapper.com photo
Photo taken by Todd Wilson in 2010
BH Photo #405143
Description
FROM THE 1996-2001 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BRIDGE SURVEY:
The 90'-long, pin-connected, metal Pratt thru truss bridge built in 1893 has been converted from a single span to two spans by the addition of a concrete pier underpinning the floorbeam at midspan (1954). The midpanel diagonal eye bars have been strengthened by weld-connected I beams and gusset plates at the panel points. The bridge has double-looped floorbeam hangers in the end panels, a trademark of the fabricator, the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. The bridge is an altered example of a bridge type/design and fabricator that are well represented by other more complete examples in the county. It is not individually distinguished, however, it does have the integrity necessary to contribute to the potential Strickler Mill historic district. It is from the district's period of significance, and it is within the boundaries of the district.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Kreutz Creek on Bairs Mill Road in Wrightsville
- Location
- York County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1893 by Wrought Iron Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1954; replaced in 2012 by concrete bridge
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 86.9 ft.
Total length: 86.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.01420, -76.54818 (decimal degrees)
40°00'51" N, 76°32'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/367872/4430481 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Columbia West
- Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
- 128
- Inventory numbers
- PA 66 7212 0773 3064 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 46655 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31851 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of August 2017)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 89 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- April 15, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler
- December 26, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Bridge replaced in 2012 with UCEB
- December 26, 2011: Updated by Jodi Christman: Corrected spans, added description
- November 1, 2011: Updated by Ben Tate: Fixed coordinates
Even though this single span open grate through truss right next to the mill was replaced with a new concrete double span bridge, it is still however a one lane bridge.