South Branch Roaring Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge with steel arch reinforcement over South Branch Roaring Creek on Happy Valley Road
- Location
- Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and Columbia County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1887 by the King Iron Bridge Co.; reconstructed 1983
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 73.2 ft.
Total length: 76.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.85793, -76.49976 (decimal degrees)
40°51'29" N, 76°29'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/373594/4524068 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Shamokin
- Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
- 75
- Inventory numbers
- PA 49 7212 0802 0050 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 29352 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31475 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of November 2016)
- Overall condition: Poor
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 16.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 11, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
- August 17, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- February 20, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- November 4, 2014: Updated by Luke: Updated status per forum comment
Sources
- Janis Ford
- Luke
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
what is the current status of this bridge?sounds confusing to me.
Thanks Matt! I should read more carefully.
Regards,
Art S.
Art,
Richard's posts refer to two different bridges over two different creeks--one bridge is a pony truss and the other is a through truss.
Richard,
I'm confused. In one post you say its gone and in the next, its closed. Was it closed and now gone or was your first post inaccurate?
Regards,
Art S.
Bridge is now closed to all traffic, both vehicular and foot.
Closed as of 8/2013 appears to be on replacement list http://www.dotdom1.state.pa.us/mpmsweb/mpmsmain.nsf/Project/...
6/5/09 We thoroughly enjoyed this bridge. The Pratt Thru part is painted green, and the reinforcing arch is painted yellow. Hadn't seen anything like it before. And, it's in a beautiful location. Just barely across the county line from Columbia into Northumberland county.
Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/northumberland/497212080200500/
The bridge is closed to traffic as of 3/8/18