Dellville Covered Bridge

Photos 

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Overview Photos taken by Jack Schmidt

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Inside

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Dellville Covered Bridge with newer bridge in foreground Looking downstream, left side (creek left, east). To my knowledge, the original bridge is where it always stood and they built the new bridge concrete upstream. The original bridge is now a park. Photo taken by Jodi Christman in May 2009 View high-res version

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Dellville Covered Bridge Looking downstream, right side (creek right, west) Photo taken by Jodi Christman in May 2009 View high-res version

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Dellville Covered Bridge looking downstream, left side (creek left, east) Photo taken by Jodi Christman in May 2009 View high-res version

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Under Dellville Covered Bridge This is under right side (west) Photo taken by Jodi Christman in May 2009 View high-res version

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Under Dellville Covered Bridge This is under creek right side (west) Photo taken by Jodi Christman in May 2009 View high-res version

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Dellville Covered Bridge Looking upstream, creek right (west) Photo taken by Jodi Christman in May 2009 View high-res version

Map 

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Facts 

Overview

Covered bridge over Shermans Creek on Dellville Road (PA 2002)

Location

Perry County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1889

Design

Covered Burr arch-truss

Dimensions

Total length: 175.0 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.36358, -77.11625   (decimal degrees)
40°21'49" N, 77°06'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/320312/4470262 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Wertzville

Inventory numbers

NRHP 80003593 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-50-16 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31484 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 14, 2009: New photos from Jodi Christman
• March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

Sources 

• Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
• Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
• Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] comcast [dot] net

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