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South Branch Tunkhannock Creek Bridge

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over South Branch Tunkhannock Creek on North Overbrook Road (TR 470)
Location
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1925
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 82.0 ft.
Total length: 85.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.56833, -75.76833   (decimal degrees)
41°34'06" N, 75°46'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/435940/4602135 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Factoryville
Inventory numbers
PA 35 7211 0470 0101 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 20874 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31072 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2014)
Overall condition: Poor
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 34 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1925 (1,266)
Built during 1920s (9,879)
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (66)
Lost (24,581)
Lost 2015 (355)
Lost during 2010s (3,261)
Owned by county (20,728)
Pennsylvania (5,294)
Pony truss (16,159)
 Replaced by new bridge (16,476)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,422)
Structurally deficient (14,293)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,570)
Truss (32,690)
Warren pony truss (3,345)
Warren truss (6,538)
Wooden deck (6,064)

Update Log 

  • June 19, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.

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South Branch Tunkhannock Creek Bridge
Posted March 22, 2015, by Adam Moss (richardpetty43 [at] msn [dot] com)

The new bridge is in place as of 3/21/15. I attached a photo.