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Overview
Covered bridge over Big Conestoga River on Weaverland Road (TR 773)
Location
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1878
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980
Also called
Isaac Shearer Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.12964, -75.97614   (decimal degrees)
40°07'47" N, 75°58'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/416834/4442602 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Morgantown
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80003511 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-36-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PA 36 7203 0773 0302 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31127 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 23.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
160

Categories 

19th Century (2,074)
Built 1878 (31)
Built during 1870s (313)
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 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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