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Overview: Covered bridge over Big Chickies Creek on Erisnan Road
Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1855; rehabilitated 1977
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 87.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.11569, -76.42514 (decimal degrees)
40°06'56" N, 76°25'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/378553/4441571 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Columbia East
Inventory numbers: PA 36 7230 0372 0204 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
NRHP 80003531 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-36-30 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31125 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 17.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2000): 1,000