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Diehl Covered Bridge

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General View Of Span Looking Northeast

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Raystown Branch Juniata River on TR 418 (Faupel Road)
Location
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1892
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 84.0 ft.
Total length: 88.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 10, 1980
Also called
Turner's Covered Bridge
Raystown Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.00959, -78.64850   (decimal degrees)
40°00'35" N, 78°38'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/700704/4431469 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Schellsburg
Inventory numbers
PA 05 7218 0418 3018 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
WGCB 38-05-19 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 80003420 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PANBI 04521 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30381 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2009)
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: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
20

Update Log 

  • December 25, 2012: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • November 23, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added category "HAER documented"

Sources 

  • Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
  • HAER PA-361 - Raystown Covered Bridge, Township Route 418 spanning Raystown Branch of Juniata River, Manns Choice vicinity, Bedford County, PA
  • Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com