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Overview
Covered bridge over Big Chickies Creek on Sun Hill Road
Location
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1900
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 84.0 ft.
Total length: 91.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Sporting Hill Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.14814, -76.40986   (decimal degrees)
40°08'53" N, 76°24'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/379913/4445152 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Manheim
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80003529 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-36-32 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PA 36 7230 0889 0201 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31098 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006)
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: 18.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
800

Categories 

Built 1900 (589)
Built during 1900s (2,520)
Burr arch-truss (131)
Covered (564)
Functionally obsolete (5,795)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (57)
NR-listed (1,569)
One-lane traffic (6,990)
Open (22,301)
Owned by county (14,359)
Pennsylvania (1,716)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,318)
Through truss (5,560)
Total length 75-100 feet (3,416)
Truss (16,277)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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