Inwood Iron Bridge

Photos 

Side view

Photos taken June 2007 by Kent Findley

BH Photo #109105

Map 

Street View 

• View #1

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Swatara Creek on TR 575

Location

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Status

Closed to all traffic

History

Built 1899 by the Pittsburg Bridge Co. and Nelson & Buchanan; rehabilitated 1960

Builders

- Nelson & Buchanan Co. of Chambersburg & Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburg Bridge Co.

Design

Pennsylvania through truss

Dimensions

Total length: 162.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.8 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Also called

Inwood Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.47725, -76.52319   (decimal degrees)
40°28'38" N, 76°31'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/370888/4481843 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Indiantown Gap

Inventory numbers

PA 38 7215 0575 3007 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 22889 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31169 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of May 2016)

Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 18 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 10, 2018: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Added categories "Stone Abutments", "Steel grate deck"
• March 3, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
• March 2, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
• May 13, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Corrected GPS
• September 17, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
• September 27, 2007: Posted photos from Kent Findley

Sources 

• Kent Findley - kent [dot] findley [at] gmail [dot] com
• Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
• Lebanon Daily News - Aug. 7, 2015
• Dana and Kay Klein

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