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John's Burnt Mill Bridge

Adams County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

South side of bridge

Photo taken by Jodi Christman in May 14, 2013

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BH Photo #253896

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Description 

FROM THE 1996-2001 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BRIDGE SURVEY: The 3 span, 126'-long stone arch bridge with has bullnosed piers, ashlar voussoirs, and fieldstone spandrel walls with iron tie rods. The fieldstone parapets extend over the flared wingwalls to enclose the approach roadways. With the exception of replacement concrete coping and some heavy repointing to sections of the parapets, the bridge appears to be complete and unaltered. The BMS lists a date of construction of 1870. Although the date is appropriate, the source of the date and the builder are not documented by available records. The bridge is the earliest, most complete, longest, and finest of at least four stone arch highway bridges from ca. 1870 to 1901 identified in Adams County. It is a historically and technologically distinguished, multiple span example of the traditional bridge type.

DISCREPANCY: PA data says 126' in length whereas NIB says 61' Wiki states: It was built between 1800 and 1823, and is a 75-foot-long (23 m), triple-arched fieldstone bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Three-span stone arch bridge over S. Branch Conewago Creek on Storms Store Road
Location
Adams County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1870
Design
Triple Stone Arch Closed Spandrel
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 18.0 ft.
Total length: 61.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 16, 1974
Also called
Storms Store Road Bridge
Camelback Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.83247, -77.07973   (decimal degrees)
39°49'57" N, 77°04'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/322034/4411232 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
McSherrystown
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
650
Inventory numbers
PA 01 7216 0428 3056 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 74001731 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PANBI 00458 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30206 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 78.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (8,416)
Adams County, Pennsylvania (48)
Arch (12,662)
Built during 1870s (1,278)
Deck arch (11,898)
Functionally obsolete (5,816)
Have street view (28,926)
NR-listed (3,014)
 One-lane traffic (7,843)
Open (40,970)
Owned by county (21,617)
Pennsylvania (5,837)
Span length under 25 feet (7,093)
Stone arch (3,285)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,580)

Update Log 

  • March 1, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Imported photos & added street view
  • May 16, 2013: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • December 26, 2011: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added description note

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