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Photos taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt
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Overview
Covered bridge over Roaring Creek on Rarig Road, southeast of Catawissa
Location
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1876
Design
Covered Queenpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 42.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.90133, -76.39450   (decimal degrees)
40°54'05" N, 76°23'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/382544/4528740 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Catawissa
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-19-14 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 79003188 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30769 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
50

Categories 

19th Century (1,838)
Built 1876 (38)
Built during 1870s (278)
Columbia County, Pennsylvania (35)
Covered (537)
NR-listed (1,520)
Open (21,823)
Owned by county (14,294)
Pennsylvania (1,701)
Queenpost truss (39)
Span length 25-50 feet (6,148)
Structurally deficient (10,852)
Through truss (5,419)
Total length 50-75 feet (4,989)
Truss (16,067)
Wooden deck (5,165)

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