Cake & Beer Drive Bridge

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looking east

Photo taken by Geoff Hubbs in June 2020

License: Released into public domain

BH Photo #473792

Overview: Queenpost pony truss bridge over Delaware Canal on Cake & Beer Drive
Location: Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1832; rehabilitated 1984
Design: Wooden Queenpost pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 51.8 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.40646, -75.00311 (decimal degrees)
40°24'23" N, 75°00'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/499736/4472872 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Lumberville
Average daily traffic (as of 2008): 50
Inventory numbers: PA 09 7935 6450 2896 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 73204 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2008): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 72.4 (out of 100)
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Cake & Beer Drive Bridge

Posted June 13, 2020, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

I think Bucks County, Pennsylvania should, from this point forward, be known as "Wooden Truss Capitol of the World"...a woodpecker delight