Historic Bridges
of the United States
Josiah Hess Covered Bridge
Columbia County
,
Pennsylvania
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Photos taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt
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Overview
Covered bridge over Huntington Creek on Covered Bridge Lane, northeast of Orangeville
Location
Columbia County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1875
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 110.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Also called
Laubach Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.11400, -76.33917
(decimal degrees)
41°06'50" N, 76°20'21" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-19-10
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 79003181
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30753
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(1,720)
Built 1875
(31)
Built during 1870s
(255)
Burr arch-truss
(119)
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
(35)
Covered
(504)
NR-listed
(1,469)
Open to pedestrians
(376)
Pennsylvania
(1,696)
Through truss
(5,205)
Total length 100-125 feet
(2,418)
Truss
(15,739)
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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