Historic Bridges
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Buckhorn Covered Bridge
Lycoming County
,
Pennsylvania
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Photos taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt
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Overview
Covered bridge over Larrys Creek on Cogan House Road
Location
Lycoming County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built 1877; rehabilitated 1998
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 82.0 ft.
Total length: 94.2 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.7 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1980
Also called
Cogan House Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.39833, -77.20017
(decimal degrees)
41°23'54" N, 77°12'01" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-41-02
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 80003567
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 31247
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 10/2005)
Deck condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Poor
(4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Satisfactory
(6 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.5
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2005)
10
Categories
19th Century
(1,704)
Built 1877
(23)
Built during 1870s
(251)
Burr arch-truss
(119)
Covered
(500)
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
(30)
NR-listed
(1,472)
One-lane traffic
(307)
Open
(21,537)
Owned by county
(14,113)
Pennsylvania
(1,694)
Span length 75-100 feet
(3,238)
Through truss
(5,175)
Total length 75-100 feet
(3,315)
Truss
(15,705)
Wooden deck
(5,164)
Update Log
October 18, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
Jack Schmidt -
jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
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