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Book's Covered Bridge 38-50-13
Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Shermans Creek on PA 3003
- Location
- Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1884
- Design
- Covered Burr arch-truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 87.9 ft.
Total length: 87.9 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980
- Also called
- Kaufman Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.32450, -77.52436 (decimal degrees)
40°19'28" N, 77°31'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/285533/4466832 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Blain
- Inventory numbers
- PA 50 3003 0030 0635 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
NRHP 80003592 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-50-13 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31480 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 9, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
- March 6, 2014: Photos imported by Dave King
- September 25, 2010: New photos from Jodi Christman
- March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- Andrew Raker
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The current bridge at this location is a replica constructed in 2004. The original bridge (1884) was demolished in 2003 due to poor condition. https://perrycountyheritagetrail.com/trail-locations/regions...