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Photos taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt
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Overview
Covered bridge over Catawissa Creek on Old Reading Road, east of Catawissa
Location
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1851; rehabilitated 1999
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 104.0 ft.
Total length: 117.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.95200, -76.44783   (decimal degrees)
40°57'07" N, 76°26'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-19-34 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 79003187 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30751 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 29.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
300

Categories 

19th Century (1,725)
Built 1851 (3)
Built during 1850s (109)
Burr arch-truss (119)
Columbia County, Pennsylvania (35)
Covered (504)
NR-listed (1,470)
Open (21,592)
Owned by county (14,138)
Pennsylvania (1,696)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,258)
Through truss (5,208)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,418)
Truss (15,742)
Wooden deck (5,156)

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