Historic Bridges
of the United States
Davis Covered Bridge
Columbia County
,
Pennsylvania
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Photos taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt
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Overview
Covered bridge over Roaring Creek on Shakespeare Road, south of Catawissa
Location
Columbia County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1875; rehabilitated 1997
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.9 ft.
Total length: 86.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.9 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.91050, -76.44000
(decimal degrees)
40°54'38" N, 76°26'24" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-19-16
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 79003191
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30742
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 08/2006)
Deck condition rating:
Good
(7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Satisfactory
(6 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 19.9
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2006)
50
Categories
19th Century
(1,725)
Built 1875
(33)
Built during 1870s
(257)
Burr arch-truss
(119)
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
(35)
Covered
(504)
NR-listed
(1,470)
Open
(21,592)
Owned by county
(14,138)
Pennsylvania
(1,696)
Span length 50-75 feet
(4,650)
Through truss
(5,208)
Total length 75-100 feet
(3,323)
Truss
(15,742)
Wooden deck
(5,156)
Update Log
November 6, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
Jack Schmidt -
jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
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