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Koppel Bridge

Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Bridgemapper.com photo

Photo taken by Todd Wilson in 2006

BH Photo #404657

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Beaver River on PA 351 in Koppel
Location
Koppel, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1915; rehabilitated 1994; replaced in 2019
Railroads
- Interurban
- Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler, & New Castle Railway (PHB&NC)
Design
Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 221.1 ft.
Total length: 1,206.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.84000, -80.31833   (decimal degrees)
40°50'24" N, 80°19'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/557467/4521219 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Beaver Falls
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
7,057
Inventory numbers
PA 04 0351 0160 0000 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 03622 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30358 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 20 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beaver County, Pennsylvania (83)
Beaver River (18)
Bridgemapper.com (1,325)
Built 1915 (1,280)
Built during 1910s (10,242)
Deck truss (2,051)
Interurban (1,059)
Koppel, Pennsylvania (2)
Lost (31,828)
Lost 2019 (173)
Lost during 2010s (3,680)
Owned by state (16,771)
 Pennsylvania (6,796)
Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler, & New Castle Railway (9)
Rail-and-Road (403)
Railroad (17,010)
Replaced by new bridge (21,709)
Skewed (5,108)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,125)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,050)
Truss (38,331)
Warren deck truss (691)
Warren truss (7,182)

Update Log 

  • April 7, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler
  • April 1, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 12, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
  • July 13, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler, & New Castle Railway", "Interurban", "Railroad", "Rail-and-road"

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Comments 

Koppel Bridge
Posted November 9, 2018, by George Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I see an abandoned r.r. truss bridge over Beaver Run upriver from this bridge.Is this bridge on Bridgehunters?

Koppel Bridge
Posted November 9, 2018, by Kevin Morris (slufoot1 [at] zoominternet [dot] net)

A new bridge is currently being constructed beside this span.