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Route 627 Copper Creek Bridge

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Pony Pratt Truss design bridge

This pony truss bridge is the same as two others in Scott County, VA, all of them of the Pratt design, one upstream on Copper Creek on County Road 682, and another on Big Mocassin Creek on County Road 613.

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in September 2008

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Overview
Pratt pony truss bridge over Copper Creek on Route 627
Location
Scott County, Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1909
Design
Riveted, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 81.0 ft.
Total length: 107.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.65679, -82.72123   (decimal degrees)
36°39'24" N, 82°43'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/346159/4058180 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Clinchport
Inventory numbers
VA 16712 (Virginia bridge number)
BH 33852 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2011)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
38

Update Log 

  • April 7, 2010: Updated by C Hanchey: Corrected GPS Coordinates
  • September 21, 2008: New photos from Calvin Sneed

Sources 

  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com