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Bridge Street Covered Bridge

Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Map 

Description 

Some of this information may be from lostbridges.org

Facts 

Overview
Lost Queenpost through truss bridge over Lehigh Canal on Bridge Street
Location
Weissport, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built about 1829; Removed and replaced in 1890
Design
Queenpost through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.83019, -75.69994   (decimal degrees)
40°49'49" N, 75°41'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/440982/4520142 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 102283 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,637)
Built 1829 (15)
Built during 1820s (137)
Carbon County, Pennsylvania (60)
Covered (3,342)
Lost (31,822)
Lost 1890 (28)
Lost during 1890s (250)
 Pennsylvania (6,795)
Queenpost truss (414)
Replaced by new bridge (21,705)
Through truss (19,040)
Truss (38,327)
Weissport East, Pennsylvania (2)
Weissport, Pennsylvania (5)

Update Log 

  • January 23, 2023: Added by Stewart Edwin Beitler

Sources 

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

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