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Mount Pleasant Covered Bridge 38-50-12
Perry County
,
Pennsylvania
Photos
Oblique view
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt
BH Photo #108718
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Overview
Covered bridge over Shermans Creek on Mount Pleasant Road (TR 304)
Location
Perry County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1918
Builder
-
L.M. Wentzel
Design
Covered Queenpost through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 73.0 ft.
Total length: 73.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.31503
,
-77.54519
(decimal degrees)
40°18'54" N, 77°32'43" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/283732/4465832
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Blain
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80003599
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-50-12
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31493
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
Built 1918
(496)
Built during 1910s
(9,632)
Covered
(1,647)
L.M. Wentzel
(2)
NR-listed
(2,960)
Open
(39,880)
Owned by township
(2,701)
Pennsylvania
(5,316)
Perry County, Pennsylvania
(74)
Queenpost truss
(268)
Span length 50-75 feet
(10,073)
Through truss
(15,054)
Total length 50-75 feet
(9,299)
Truss
(32,768)
Update Log
July 9, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
March 6, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added builder & imported photos
September 25, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
September 18, 2010: New photo from Jodi Christman
February 15, 2009: New photo 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] outlook [dot] com
Wikipedia
Dave King
-
DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
Andrew Raker
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