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Overview
Covered bridge over Hammer Creek on Erb's Bridge Road (TR 634) in Rothsville
Location
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1887
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 76.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.16761, -76.24386   (decimal degrees)
40°10'03" N, 76°14'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/394083/4447102 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Ephrata
Inventory numbers
PA 36 7235 0634 1001 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
NRHP 80003536 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-36-34 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31090 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2006)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 29.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
380

Categories 

19th Century (2,074)
Built 1887 (75)
Built during 1880s (561)
Burr arch-truss (131)
Covered (564)
Functionally obsolete (5,795)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (57)
NR-listed (1,569)
Open (22,301)
Owned by county (14,359)
Pennsylvania (1,716)
Span length 50-75 feet (4,770)
Through truss (5,560)
Total length 75-100 feet (3,416)
Truss (16,277)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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