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Himmel's Church Covered Bridge 38-49-06
Photos
Overview
Photo taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt
BH Photo #108689
Description
According to "Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges" Evans and Evans, the width is actually 14'1" and the length is 42'3"
Other things to note:
-Vertical boards are painted red, battens are painted white.
-Lower 3/4 of bridge is walled allowing a decent distance between eaves and walls.
-Concrete abutments with low stone and mortar wingwalls
-Sheet metal roof
Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Schwaben Creek on Middle Creek Road, east of Rebuck
- Location
- Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1874; rehabilitated 1973
- Builder
- - Peter Keefer
- Design
- Covered Multiple Kingpost through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 37.1 ft.
Total length: 43.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.0 ft.
- Recognition
-
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 1979
- Also called
- Rebuck Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.72283, -76.71983 (decimal degrees)
40°43'22" N, 76°43'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/354751/4509412 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Klingerstown
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 25
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 38-49-06 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 79002312 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PA 49 7219 0442 0058 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 29385 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31466 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of October 2016)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- October 25, 2021: New photos from Josh Schmid
- March 6, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- May 27, 2012: New photos from Jodi Christman
- April 14, 2012: Updated by Jodi Christman: Added builder and description
- November 6, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt