Historic Bridges
of the United States
New Germantown Covered Bridge
Perry County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Covered bridge over Shermans Creek on TR 302
Location
Perry County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1891
Design
Covered Queenpost through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 74.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.30658, -77.56794
(decimal degrees)
40°18'24" N, 77°34'05" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80003600
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-50-11
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31494
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(1,707)
Built 1891
(54)
Built during 1890s
(644)
Covered
(500)
NR-listed
(1,472)
Open
(21,538)
Owned by township
(1,179)
Pennsylvania
(1,694)
Perry County, Pennsylvania
(26)
Queenpost truss
(35)
Through truss
(5,175)
Total length 50-75 feet
(4,927)
Truss
(15,706)
Update Log
March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
Jack Schmidt -
jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
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