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Popolopen Creek Bridge

Orange County, New York

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Overview

Photos taken by Patrick S. O'Donnell
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Underneath

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Abutment

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Gap between trusses

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Popolopen Creek on US 9W in West Point
Location
West Point, Orange County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1937; rehabilitated 1992
Design
Pratt deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 135.8 ft.
Total length: 608.0 ft.
Deck width: 43.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.32407, -73.98984   (decimal degrees)
41°19'27" N, 73°59'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/584539/4575225 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Peekskill
Inventory numbers
NY 1007150 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26569 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2007)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 37.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
18,395

Categories 

Built 1937 (358)
Built during 1930s (6,116)
Deck truss (553)
Functionally obsolete (5,793)
New York (1,457)
Open (22,291)
Orange County, New York (31)
Owned by state (6,768)
 Pratt deck truss (37)
Pratt truss (1,666)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,044)
Structurally deficient (12,075)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,052)
Truss (16,266)
West Point, New York (6)

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Comments 

Popolopen Creek Bridge
Posted June 17, 2008, by George Ballou, P.E. (grbpe2008 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Difficult to photograph-- but FUN to inspect...UBIU access required.

My crew didn't do this one.

I worked this Region in 1992, withmy Cocker Spaniel, Buffy and Per Helwig, P.E.

Popolopen Creek Bridge
Posted September 19, 2007, by braine (wbraine [at] hvc [dot] rr [dot] com)

This bridge just got a red flag from NYS inspectors; apparently there are cracks in the trusses. Being fixed this week.

Popolopen Creek Bridge
Posted September 11, 2007, by JO (joakabridgefreak [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I think these type of trusses are fascinating but hard to photograph. I had to climb on trusses of a deck pratt truss to get awesome pics[#5718 kettle river MN] These are great pics!!!! Watch for #5718 pics!!!

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