Price Road Bridge

Most Recent Visit To Bridge: July 1, 2006

I often say that pin connected truss bridges fit in well with a wooded natural environment because of their delicate design, but in the case of Price Road, this is a bit much. It might as well have had camouflage on when I was here. I had some trouble getting decent photos of this bridge. It needs to be painted something other than pale green. Actually, it needs more than just paint, but I doubt PennDOT will give it anything but a stick of dynamite with a lit fuse, knowing them! The bridge is in rather poor condition, particularly at the lower chord. The lower chord is a typical trouble spot for a bridge, since moisture tends to accumulate, either from cars splashing water, from being near the dirt in the case of the end posts, and in some cases if the bridge sometimes is submersed during spring flooding. The end posts on the Price Road Bridge are so rotted out I am surprised the bridge is standing. The time to restore this bridge is now. The bridge is an attractive structure, and despite these problems, I think the bridge could still be restored for a reasonable cost.