Map 

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Elk Creek on Gudgeonville Road (TR 400)
Location
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Status
Destroyed by arson
History
Built 1868 by William Sherman; destroyed by arson on November 8, 2008
Design
Covered Multiple Kingpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 83.0 ft.
Total length: 84.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.98178, -80.26586   (decimal degrees)
41°58'54" N, 80°15'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/560817/4648013 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Albion
Inventory numbers
PA 25 7207 0400 4008 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
NRHP 80003491 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-25-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 30905 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2008)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 14.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
255

Update Log 

  • December 3, 2008: Destroyed by arson on November 8, 2008

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Comments 

Gudgeonville Covered Bridge
Posted November 28, 2009, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

Photos taken 9/25/08 - only about a month before the bridge was destroyed. It was in a beautiful spot, with really impressive high walls on Elk Creek. Last time I was there, I was told that the bridge was haunted. I wonder where the ghost is "living" now?

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