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Monroe Covered Bridge
Photo
Monroe Covered Bridge
Photo from the Fred Yenerall Collection
BH Photo #532621
Description
Some of this information from lostbridges.org
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over West Branch of Sideling Hill Creek on Abandoned part of Roadway
- Location
- Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge in a different location
- History
- Built in 1881; Removed and Replaced in 1961 in a different location
- Design
- Burr arch-truss
8 panel truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 70.3 ft.
- Also called
- Purcell Covered Bridge
Big Creek Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.83169, -78.34946 (decimal degrees)
39°49'54" N, 78°20'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/726818/4412438 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 98403 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 6, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler
Sources
- Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com