Historic Bridges
of the United States
Rupert Covered Bridge
Columbia County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Covered bridge over Fishing Creek on TR 409 in Bloomsburg
Location
Bloomsburg
,
Columbia County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1847; rehabilitated 2000
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 56.1 ft.
Total length: 170.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.98133, -76.47267
(decimal degrees)
40°58'53" N, 76°28'22" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-19-33
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 79003186
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30765
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 06/2005)
Deck condition rating:
Very Good
(8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Excellent
(9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Good
(7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.7
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2005)
375
Categories
19th Century
(1,725)
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
(3)
Built 1847
(5)
Built during 1840s
(41)
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 125-175 feet
(2,627)
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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