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Dornsife Bridge

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Side view

Photo taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt

BH Photo #108687

Map 

Street View 

Description 

FROM THE 1996-2001 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BRIDGE SURVEY: The skewed, one-span, 215'-long, rivet-connected steel Warren thru truss bridge built in 1941 is composed of built-up chords and portal x-bracing, and rolled verticals, diagonals, and upper later bracing. It is supported on concrete abutments with wingwalls. The concrete deck was placed in 1994 with removal of the original decorative metal railings and replacement with concrete parapets to the inside of the truss lines. Original bearings were replaced with pot bearings, the abutment backwalls rebuilt, and deteriorated rivets replaced with high-strength bolts. The bridge is a large but altered and late example of the Warren truss bridge type, developed in the mid-19th century. Rivet-connected Warren trusses were a popular highway bridge type in the early 20th century. Over 100 pre-1957 examples have been identified with many rivet-connected examples dating from the 1890s to 1910s. The bridge is not historically or technologically distinguished by its setting or context.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Mahanoy Creek on PA 225 near Dornsife
Location
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1941; rehabilitated 1994
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 208.0 ft.
Total length: 214.9 ft.
Deck width: 25.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74410, -76.79053   (decimal degrees)
40°44'39" N, 76°47'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/348828/4511892 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pillow
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
2,548
Inventory numbers
PA 49 0225 0220 1209 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 29089 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31464 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 85 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1941 (483)
Built during 1940s (4,233)
Functionally obsolete (5,826)
Have street view (28,893)
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (87)
Open (40,968)
Owned by state (16,554)
Pennsylvania (5,763)
 Skewed (5,012)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,058)
Through truss (16,751)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,474)
Truss (35,423)
Warren through truss (1,704)
Warren truss (7,000)

Update Log 

  • January 10, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • November 20, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • May 12, 2012: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • October 26, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

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Comments 

Dornsife Bridge
Posted March 13, 2018, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Yet another dumb truck has damaged a bridge!

http://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/damaged-bridge-will...