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Hewitt Covered Bridge 38-05-26

Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

38 05 26a

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in July 15,2006

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BH Photo #273261

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Covered Burr arch bridge over Town Creek on T305,Covered Bridge Road
Location
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1879; rehabilitated 2000
Design
Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 83.0 ft.
Total length: 86.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 10, 1980
Also called
Town Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.75444, -78.51083   (decimal degrees)
39°45'16" N, 78°30'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/713246/4403466 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Beans Cove
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
100
Inventory numbers
PANBI 04531 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
NRHP 80003417 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 54583 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (8,336)
Bedford County, Pennsylvania (68)
Built 1879 (106)
Built during 1870s (1,259)
Burr arch-truss (410)
Covered (1,918)
Functionally obsolete (5,827)
NR-listed (3,013)
 Open (40,968)
Owned by county (21,605)
Pennsylvania (5,750)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,651)
Through truss (16,737)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,782)
Truss (35,407)

Update Log 

  • August 27, 2016: New photos from Steve Conro
  • September 3, 2015: New photos from John Loxton
  • November 23, 2012: Added by Jodi Christman

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Hewitt Covered Bridge 38-05-26
Posted April 4, 2020, by Joe Winner (unkajoesplace [at] gmail [dot] com)

It is amazing that the view I have on this bridge has a complete mountain behind it where as this picture above the skyline is visible. My grandparents were Elbin's on the other side of the mountain in the valley. My brothers and cousins would walk to this creek and play in it often as a child.