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Red Covered Bridge

Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Red Covered Bridge

Photo from the Todd Clark Collection

BH Photo #533315

Map 

Description 

Some of this information from lostbridges.org

Facts 

Overview
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Penns Creek on Abandoned Portion of N. Market Street
Location
Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Status
Destroyed by severe weather (an ice freshet)
History
Built in 1842; Destroyed by Ice Freshet in 1904; not replaced
Design
Burr arch-truss
14 panels per truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.81020, -76.85520   (decimal degrees)
40°48'37" N, 76°51'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/343524/4519343 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 98605 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,092)
Built 1842 (16)
Built during 1840s (307)
Burr arch-truss (762)
Covered (2,785)
Destroyed by storm (79)
Lost (30,075)
 Lost 1904 (52)
Lost during 1900s (453)
Pennsylvania (6,322)
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (9)
Snyder County, Pennsylvania (52)
Through truss (17,908)
Truss (36,833)

Update Log 

  • June 17, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler

Sources 

  • Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com

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