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PA-592-38

Elevaation of Conestoga River Bridge

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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PA-592-39

Oblique View Looking NW

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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PA-592-40

Oblique View Looking West

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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PA-592-41

Detail of east end

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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PA-592-42

Lincoln Highway Marker near bridge. In 1928, the last act of the Lincoln Highway Association, before it disbanded, was to place 2,761 of these markers along the route of the Lincoln Highway. They were all placed on September 10, 1928 by Boy Scouts. Today, very few remain and of those, few are in their original locations.

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The markers featured the familiar red white and blue logo with the blue "L" in the center. The colors were molded into the concrete and the colors remain 80 years later.

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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The markers also had a bronze medalian that commemorated the martyred President. They resemble a Lincoln penny.

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Conestoga River on PA 462 in Lancaster
Location
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1933
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 98.1 ft.
Total length: 299.9 ft.
Deck width: 42.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.03833, -76.27500   (decimal degrees)
40°02'18" N, 76°16'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/391225/4432790 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Lancaster
Inventory numbers
PA 36 0462 0290 1014 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31085 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 7.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
20,047

Categories 

Arch (7,666)
Built 1933 (337)
Built during 1930s (5,951)
Closed-spandrel arch (1,157)
Deck arch (6,750)
Functionally obsolete (5,746)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (57)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania (4)
Lincoln Highway (49)
Open (21,983)
Owned by state (6,721)
Pennsylvania (1,714)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,306)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,171)

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