Grimes Covered Bridge 38-30-22x

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GRIMES COVERED BRIDGE

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BH Photo #277479

Example of late-nineteenth-century covered bridge construction. Kingpost truss spanning Ruff Creek.

-- Historic American Buildings Survey

Overview: Lost Kingpost through truss bridge over Ruff Creek on Green Valley Road
Location: Greene County, Pennsylvania
Status: Destroyed by fire
History: Built 1888; Destroyed by fire 1992
Design: Kingpost through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 34.6 ft.
Total length: 44.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.95465, -80.15968 (decimal degrees)
39°57'17" N, 80°09'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/571777/4423061 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Waynesburg
Inventory numbers: NRHP 79003820 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-30-22x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 60100 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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HABS PA-618 - Covered Bridge, Spanning Ruff Creek (Washington Township), Ruff Creek, Greene County, PA