Historic Bridges
of the United States
Buttonwood Covered Bridge
Lycoming County
,
Pennsylvania
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Photos taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt
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Overview
Covered bridge over Blockhouse Creek on Covered Bridge Road
Location
Lycoming County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1898; rehabilitated 1998
Design
Covered Multiple Kingpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 59.1 ft.
Total length: 74.2 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.51000, -77.13033
(decimal degrees)
41°30'36" N, 77°07'49" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/322218/4597565
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Nauvoo
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-41-01
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 80003569
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 31248
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 10/2007)
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: 31.4
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2007)
100
Categories
19th Century
(2,074)
Built 1898
(81)
Built during 1890s
(810)
Covered
(564)
Functionally obsolete
(5,799)
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
(30)
Multiple Kingpost truss
(56)
NR-listed
(1,569)
One-lane traffic
(6,990)
Open
(22,306)
Owned by county
(14,360)
Pennsylvania
(1,716)
Span length 50-75 feet
(4,770)
Through truss
(5,560)
Total length 50-75 feet
(5,063)
Truss
(16,277)
Wooden deck
(5,164)
Update Log
October 18, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
Jack Schmidt -
jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
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