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Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Little Manatawny Creek on PA 1030 (Covered Bridge Road)
- Location
- Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1852 as an uncovered bridge; covered in 1856
- Builders
- - David Renno (1852 superstructure)
- Jonathan Bitner (1856 modifications)
- Levi Marks (1852 substructure)
- Design
- Triple Burr arch truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 126.0 ft.
Total length: 142.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.9 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1981
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.37897, -75.73872 (decimal degrees)
40°22'44" N, 75°44'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- NRHP 81000533 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-06-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PA 06 1030 0080 0000 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 30411 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- James H. Fox - foxjh [at] rcn [dot] com
- HAER PA-491 - Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Covered Bridge Road (State Route 1030), Manatawny vicinity, Berks County, PA
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List