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Clark's Mills Bridge

Mercer County, Pennsylvania

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Clark's Mills Through Truss

Photo taken by Brian McKee in May 2010

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BH Photo #165758

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Little Shenango River on TR 740
Location
Mercer County, Pennsylvania
History
Built 1885 by Penn Bridge Co.
Builder
- Penn Bridge Co. of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Design
Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 82.0 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Little Shenango River Bridge
Mill Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.39977, -80.18688   (decimal degrees)
41°23'59" N, 80°11'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/567969/4583456 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hadley
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
57
Inventory numbers
PA 43 7218 0740 1015 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 26217 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31287 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (8,380)
5-panel truss (560)
Bridgemapper.com (1,325)
Built 1885 (203)
Built during 1880s (2,171)
Doomed (1,066)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2010 (20)
Mercer County, Pennsylvania (74)
NR-eligible (4,107)
One-lane traffic (7,835)
Open (40,968)
Owned by county (21,610)
 Penn Bridge Co. (82)
Pennsylvania (5,792)
Pin-connected (4,697)
Pratt through truss (6,057)
Pratt truss (10,299)
Shenango River (36)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,652)
Structurally deficient (12,882)
Sufficiency rating zero (192)
Through truss (16,790)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,793)
Truss (35,467)

Update Log 

  • March 10, 2017: Updated by Sherman Cahal: Very minor update.
  • October 9, 2011: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • November 14, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
  • May 18, 2010: New photos from Brian McKee

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Comments 

Clark's Mills Bridge
Posted December 8, 2013, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Looks like this one will be coming down:

http://www.mcc.co.mercer.pa.us/engr/future_projects.htm

Clark's Mills Bridge
Posted October 9, 2011, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

10/08/11 I couldn't see anything that had changed, but the survey stakes were all gone.

Little Shenango River Bridge
Posted June 21, 2009, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

6/8/09 - Lots & lots of survey stakes at the bridge. You can see one in the photo just to the left of the bridge. Looks like they are going to bypass the bridge, which would straighten out the road.

Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.