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Pony Pratt Truss design bridge

This pony truss bridge is the same as two others in Scott County, VA, all of them of the Pratt design, one upstream on Copper Creek on County Road 682, and another on Big Mocassin Creek on County Road 613.

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Downstream side

These are somewhat taller trusses than a normal pony truss.

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Upstream side

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Zig-zag beam connection

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Downstream look at bridge

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Old wooden plank bridge floor

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Riveted Joint

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Riveted beam support

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Bridge frame work

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North approach, looking southbound across bridge

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Copper Creek downstream

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Cooper Creek upstream

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Pony truss design

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Gaps between wooden planks

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Wooden deck and steel truss

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Approach from north side curve

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One-lane bridge

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Facts

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Copper Creek on Route 627
Location: Scott County, Virginia
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1909
Design: Pony truss, single lane
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 81.0 ft.
Total length: 107.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.65667, -82.71667 (decimal degrees)
36°39'24" N, 82°43'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/346567/4058158 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Clinchport
Inventory number: BH 33852 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2007): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 38

Update Log

September 21, 2008: New photos from Calvin Sneed

Sources

Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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