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Pine Bank Covered Bridge 38-63-35
Photos
Pine bank portal
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in July 2006
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BH Photo #273441
Description
In Meadowcroft Village (part of the Meadowcroft Museum), approximately 2.5 miles west of Avella, Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania. The bridge was formerly located in Greene County (former WGN 38-30-06), where it spanned Toms Run in Gilmore Township. It was moved to its current location in 1962 to become part of the recreated early American farm scene. This is the only covered bridge that is not original to Washington County. Although similar in color to the other bridges in the county, it differs in style. In addition to the roof of asphalt shingles, it also has a different portal and there are no windows. The interior walls remain unpainted revealing several old advertisements. The structure rests on stone abutments that have been laid dry, it has large, cut stone slabs at each end where typically the wing walls would be.
Facts
- Overview
- Kingpost through truss bridge over Avella Ravine
- Location
- Washington County, Pennsylvania
- History
- Built 1870; relocated 1961
- Design
- Kingpost through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 38.3 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1979
- Also called
- Meadowcroft Village Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.28749, -80.49189 (decimal degrees)
40°17'15" N, 80°29'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/543190/4459790 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Avella
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 79003824 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
38-63-35
BH 59388 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 9, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added NRHP # & imported photo
- January 26, 2014: Added by Jack Schmidt
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Restoring history - Observer-Reporter, May 3, 2017