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Bridge Drive Bridge
Photos
Looking southwest; Deck piled up on one side
Little Swatara Creek was up due to recent storms, but the deck piled up looked like it happened at an earlier flood--maybe as far back as Sept. 2011.
Photo taken by Jodi Christman in July 3, 2013
BH Photo #260212
Description
I found this bridge scouting for places to take out a kayak on the creek. Google Maps calls this road "Bridge Drive" but it looks more like a private driveway. June, 2021 Update: Bridge restored and functional with new deck.Facts
- Overview
- Pratt pony truss bridge over Little Swatara Creek on Bridge Drive in Bethel
- Location
- Bethel, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Bridge deck has been replaced.
- History
- Previously abandoned but now used to access farmland across creek.
- Design
- Pratt pony truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.41085, -76.41867 (decimal degrees)
40°24'39" N, 76°25'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/379629/4474325 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Fredericksburg
- Inventory number
- BH 57279 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 17, 2021: Updated by Dave King: Added categories "Pin-connected", "One-lane traffic", "Wooden deck"
- June 17, 2021: New photos from Chester Gehman
- July 22, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Mapped
- July 22, 2013: Added by Jodi Christman
Sources
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
- Luke
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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does anyone know the current status of this abandoned bridge?please let me know.thanks.