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Day Covered Bridge 38-63-12

Washington County, Pennsylvania

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Day Covered Bridge

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in July 2006

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BH Photo #278276

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Queenpost through truss bridge over Short Creek on Covered Bridge Road
Location
Washington County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1875
Design
Queenpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 36.6 ft.
Total length: 41.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.02935, -80.29288   (decimal degrees)
40°01'46" N, 80°17'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/560333/4431254 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Prosperity
Inventory numbers
NRHP 79002356 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-63-12 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 60157 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,560)
Built 1875 (106)
Built during 1870s (1,107)
Covered (1,647)
Have street view (26,938)
NR-listed (2,960)
Open (39,880)
 Pennsylvania (5,317)
Queenpost truss (268)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,668)
Through truss (15,053)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,192)
Truss (32,773)
Washington County, Pennsylvania (175)

Update Log 

  • November 8, 2015: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
  • March 9, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added NRHP info, street view & imported photos
  • March 7, 2014: Added by Jack Schmidt

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Bill Eichelberger

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