Historic Bridges
of the United States
Masontown Bridge
Fayette County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Through truss bridge over the Monogahela River on PA 21 in Masontown
Location
Fayette County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1925; rehabilitated 1993
Builders
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Farris Engineering Co.
(Design)
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Independent Bridge Co.
(Contractor)
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 401.9 ft.
Total length: 1,457.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.85333, -79.92833
(decimal degrees)
39°51'12" N, 79°55'42" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/591673/4412028
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Masontown
Inventory numbers
PA 26 0021 0010 0000
(Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 30920
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 11/2007)
Deck condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Poor
(4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 25.5
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2008)
8,582
Categories
Built 1925
(823)
Built during 1920s
(5,852)
Farris Engineering Co.
(2)
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
(33)
Functionally obsolete
(6,156)
Independent Bridge Co.
(2)
Monongahela River
(18)
Navigable waterway
(1,258)
Open
(23,106)
Owned by state
(7,025)
PA 21
(3)
Pennsylvania
(2,249)
Pennsylvania truss
(156)
Span length 250-500 feet
(635)
Structurally deficient
(14,983)
Through truss
(6,454)
Total length 1000-2500 feet
(801)
Truss
(19,453)
Sources
Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere
- by Nathan Holth
Bridgemapper.com
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