Brenneman Road Bridge

Photos

Overview

Photo taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt

BH Photo #108611

Map

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Description

FROM THE 1996-2001 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BRIDGE SURVEY: The 1-span, 73'-long, rivet-connected Pratt pony truss bridge built in 1938 is supported on field stone abutments from a previous bridge. The reuse of substructure is very common. The truss is composed of built-up sections for the chords, and rolled sections for the diagonals and verticals. Rolled floorbeams and stringers carry an open steel grid deck. Channel railings are set to the inside faces of the trusses. The Pratt truss type/design emerged in the last quarter of the 19th century as one of the most popular designs because of ease of erection and economy of design. By the late 1890s improvements in field pneumatic riveting equipment resulted in the shift from pinned to riveted connections. Pratt trusses continued to be built in numbers through the mid 20th century. Over 375 examples of Pratt russ highway bridges from the 1870s to 1956 are in the state. This late example has no unusual or noteworthy details. It is not historically or technologically distinguished by its setting or context.

Facts

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Calamus Run on Breneman Road
Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status: Demolished and replaced.
History: Built 1938
Builder: - H.W. Crawford
Design: Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 73.2 ft.
Total length: 76.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.95577, -76.23311 (decimal degrees)
39°57'21" N, 76°13'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/394672/4423575 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Quarryville
Average daily traffic (as of 2012): 820
Inventory numbers: PA 36 7233 0498 0401 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 46270 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31079 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2016): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 91.4 (out of 100)
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Update Log

May 28, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added builder and description
September 8, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge has been demolished and replaced.
May 10, 2009: New photos from Brian McKee
April 29, 2009: Updated by Brian McKee: Changed GPS Coordinates
November 2, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

Sources

Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Nathan Holth
Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com