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Friesville Covered Bridge

Blair County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Friesville Covered Bridge

Photo from the Donovan and Kane Collection

BH Photo #533137

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Some of this information from lostbridges.org

Facts 

Overview
Lost Multiple Kingpost through truss bridge over South Poplar Run on T-310
Location
Claysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in 1877; Removed and Replaced in 1948
Design
Multiple Kingpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 52.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.29581, -78.46154   (decimal degrees)
40°17'45" N, 78°27'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/715755/4463682 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 98536 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,086)
Blair County, Pennsylvania (69)
Built 1877 (124)
Built during 1870s (1,402)
Claysburg, Pennsylvania (2)
Covered (2,780)
Have street view (29,911)
Lost (30,053)
Lost 1948 (80)
 Lost during 1940s (580)
Multiple Kingpost truss (200)
Pennsylvania (6,316)
Replaced by new bridge (20,456)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,357)
Through truss (17,898)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,726)
Truss (36,814)

Update Log 

  • June 13, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler

Sources 

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

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