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Overview: Covered bridge over Shermans Creek on PA 3005
Location: Perry County, Pennsylvania
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1880
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 34.1 ft.
Total length: 103.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Flickinger's Mill Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.33394, -77.47033 (decimal degrees)
40°20'02" N, 77°28'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/290153/4467751 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Andersonburg
Inventory numbers: PA 50 3005 0020 2117 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
NRHP 80003591 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-50-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31478 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2008): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 126