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Hanover Street Covered Bridge

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Hanover Street Covered Bridge

Photo from the Todd Clark Collection

BH Photo #533667

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Some of this information from lostbridges.org

Facts 

Overview
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Swatara Creek on SR 2003
Location
Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in 1862; Removed and Replaced in 1921 (For Replacement Bridge see BH #30844
Design
Burr arch-truss
14 panel truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.26850, -76.70950   (decimal degrees)
40°16'07" N, 76°42'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/354647/4458960 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 98668 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,054)
Built 1862 (54)
Built during 1860s (684)
Burr arch-truss (748)
Covered (2,746)
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (148)
Have street view (29,883)
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania (4)
 Lost (29,969)
Lost 1921 (57)
Lost during 1920s (788)
Pennsylvania (6,307)
Replaced by new bridge (20,387)
Through truss (17,843)
Truss (36,740)

Update Log 

  • June 22, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler

Sources 

  • Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com

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