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Mertz Covered Bridge 38-49-B
Photo
Mertz Bridge
Len Sherlenski, pacoveredbridges.com
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BH Photo #351249
Description
Constructed by Mertz family member 1976 from old barn beams; covered to protect truss members. World Guide # 38-49-BFacts
- Overview
- Kingpost pony truss bridge over Unnamed creek on Mirkwood Road (private drive)
- Location
- Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Property lies in zone of major highway construction for Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway--construction of river bridge begun March 2016
- History
- Built 1976 by property owner using beams from nearby dismantled barn
- Design
- Variation of Kingpost pony truss with suspension from angled beams
- Dimensions
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Total length: 48.0 ft.
- Also called
- Northwood Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.91908, -76.83169 (decimal degrees)
40°55'09" N, 76°49'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/345760/4531389 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Northumberland
- Inventory numbers
- World Guide # 38-49-B
BH 71719 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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I have carefully perused the right-of-way maps of the Thruway project, and the bridge and the property to which it belongs lie outside, but extremely close to, the project boundaries. The more interesting question becomes whether the property/bridge's owner will remain after completion of the highway project in a couple years' time.