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Opequon Creek Bridge

Frederick County, Virginia, and Clarke County, Virginia

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Photo taken by Doug Mawby

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BH Photo #167695

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Opequon Creek on Route 672 (Brucetown Road)
Location
Frederick County, Virginia, and Clarke County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1917
Builder
- Monongahela Valley Engineering Co. (Contractor)
Design
Two-span closed-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 83.0 ft.
Total length: 209.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.24543, -78.04046   (decimal degrees)
39°14'44" N, 78°02'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/755406/4348188 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Stephenson
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
799
Inventory numbers
VA 8279 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33688 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 67.7 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Arch (11,472)
Built 1917 (608)
Built during 1910s (9,198)
Clarke County, Virginia (3)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,747)
Concrete inset railing (422)
Deck arch (10,722)
Frederick County, Virginia (6)
 Functionally obsolete (7,294)
Monongahela Valley Engineering Co. (1)
One-lane traffic (7,531)
Open (38,317)
Owned by state (15,018)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,134)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,034)
Virginia (1,102)

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Opequon Creek Bridge
Posted October 1, 2014, by Herb (hpolitano [at] msn [dot] com)

Would be interested in locating any/all other bridges or roads by this builder. He was my grandfather and build roads and bridges throughout PA, MD, WVA, VA, OH and even down into TN.