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Pine Grove Covered Bridge 38-15-22 / 38-36-41

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Chester County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Feaux Stone

Photo taken by Will in July 2009

Enlarge

BH Photo #199150

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Octoraro Creek on PA 2006
Location
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open
History
Built 1891; rehabilitated 1977
Builder
- Elias McMellen
Design
Burr
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 88.9 ft.
Total length: 198.2 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.79361, -76.04500   (decimal degrees)
39°47'37" N, 76°02'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/410530/4405372 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Kirkwood
Inventory numbers
PA 36 2006 0100 2342 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
WGCB 38-15-22#3 / 38-36-41#3 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
HAER PA-586
NRHP 80003521 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 31111 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,563)
Built 1884 (177)
Built during 1880s (1,992)
Burr arch-truss (354)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (158)
Covered (1,647)
Elias McMellen (11)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (153)
NR-listed (2,960)
 One-lane traffic (7,606)
Open (39,884)
Owned by state (15,982)
Pennsylvania (5,317)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,428)
Through truss (15,058)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,265)
Truss (32,778)

Update Log 

  • September 2, 2015: New photo from John Loxton
  • March 4, 2014: Photos imported by Dave King
  • March 3, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • March 3, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • May 17, 2011: Updated by Will: Corrected and added information
  • May 10, 2009: Updated by Brian McKee

Sources 

  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Will Truax - Bridgewright [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • John Loxton
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Comments 

Pine Grove Covered Bridge 38-15-22 / 38-36-41
Posted August 18, 2018, by David Backlin (us71 [at] cox [dot] net)

Someone goofed, most likely. I've corrected it

Pine Grove Covered Bridge 38-15-22 / 38-36-41
Posted August 18, 2018, by Connie McLaughlin (Connie_McLaughlin [at] verizon [dot] net)

Why is this bridge listed as Closed? It is open to automotive traffic for many years now.