Esther Furnace Covered Bridge 38-19-20

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Overview

Photo taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt

BH Photo #108549

Overview: Two-span covered bridge over North Branch Roaring Creek on Esther Furnace Road
Location: Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1905
Design: Covered Queenpost through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 45.9 ft.
Total length: 95.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.90667, -76.45983 (decimal degrees)
40°54'24" N, 76°27'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/377050/4529422 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Catawissa
Average daily traffic (as of 2017): 50
Inventory numbers: WGCB 38-19-20 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PA 19 7205 0373 0011 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 12786 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
NRHP 79003190 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30743 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2017): 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: 17.8 (out of 100)
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