COVER BRIDGE RD over PRINCESS CREEK

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Coordinates:
+40.83140, -75.52240
40°49'53" N, 75°31'21" W

Source: National Bridge Inventory. Information not verified; use at your own risk.

Name:	COVER BRIDGE RD over PRINCESS CREEK
Structure number:	000000000009122
Old structure number:	137207037690170 `(from 1992 edition)`
Location:	LITTLE GAP COVERED BRIDGE
Purpose:	Carries highway over waterway
Route classification:	Local (Rural) `[09]`
Length of largest span:	74.2 ft. `[22.6 m]`
Total length:	78.1 ft. `[23.8 m]`
Roadway width between curbs:	15.1 ft. `[4.6 m]`
Deck width edge-to-edge:	16.1 ft. `[4.9 m]`
Vertical clearance above deck:	8.9 ft. `[2.7 m]`
Owner:	County Highway Agency `[02]`
Year built:	1880
Year reconstructed:	1987
Historic significance:	Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places `[1]`
Design load:	M 13.5 / H 15 `[2]`
Main span material:	Steel `[3]`
Main span design:	Stringer/Multi-beam or girder `[02]`
Deck type:	Open Grating `[3]`

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:	Fair
Status:	Posted for load `[P]`
Average daily traffic:	750 `[as of 1979]`
Truck traffic:	1% of total traffic
Deck condition:	Very Good `[8 out of 9]`
Superstructure condition:	Fair `[5 out of 9]`
Substructure condition:	Fair `[5 out of 9]`
Structural appraisal:	Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is `[5]`
Deck geometry appraisal:	Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement `[2]`
Water adequacy appraisal:	Equal to present minimum criteria `[6]`
Roadway alignment appraisal:	Meets minimum tolerable limits to be left in place as is `[4]`
Channel protection:	Bank is beginning to slump. River control devices and embankment protection have widespread minor damage. There is minor stream bed movement evident. Debris is restricting the channel slightly. `[6]`
Scour condition:	Bridge foundations determined to be stable for assessed or calculated scour condition. `[5]`
Sufficiency rating:	50.0
Recommended work:	Bridge rehabilitation because of general structure deterioration or inadequate strength. `[35]`
Estimated cost of work:	$95,000

Date	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	ADT	Suff. Rating
December 2018	Fair	Very Good	Fair	Fair	750	50.0
December 2016	Fair	Very Good	Fair	Fair	750	50.0
December 2014	Fair	Excellent	Fair	Fair	750	50.0
September 2014	Poor	Serious	Poor	Fair	750	34.6
September 2013	Poor	Serious	Poor	Fair	750	34.7
September 2011	Poor	Serious	Poor	Fair	750	34.7
January 2010	Poor	Poor	Fair	Satisfactory	750	48.9
November 2008	Fair	Fair	Fair	Satisfactory	750	50.9
January 2008	Fair	Fair	Fair	Satisfactory	750	50.9
August 2005	Fair	Fair	Fair	Satisfactory	750	50.6
August 2004	Fair	Fair	Fair	Satisfactory	750	51.6
August 2003	Fair	Fair	Fair	Satisfactory	750	51.6
August 2002	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	750	52.6
August 2001	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	750	63.7
August 2000	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	750	63.7
August 1999	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	750	63.7
September 1998	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	750	63.7
September 1997	Fair	Satisfactory	Good	Good	750	63.7
September 1995	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	750	63.7
October 1993	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	750	63.7
October 1991	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	750	63.7