Gross Covered Bridge

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Gross Covered Bridge
Gross Covered Bridge 1.jpg
Coordinates 40°44′49″N77°12′42.5″W / 40.74694°N 77.211806°W / 40.74694; -77.211806
Crossestributary of Middle Creek
Locale Spring, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States
Other name(s)Klinepeter's, Overflow, Beaver Springs
Maintained by Spring Township
NBI Number 547211181200060
Characteristics
Total length100 ft (30 m) [1]
Width17 ft (5.2 m)
Height11.25 ft (3.43 m)
Load limit5 short tons (4.5  t)
History
Constructed byDavis Kitch
Built1871
MPS Covered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties TR
NRHP reference No. 77001194
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 1977
Location
Gross Covered Bridge

The Gross Covered Bridge is 100-foot (30 m) Burr Arch truss covered bridge in the census-designated place of Beaver Springs, Spring Township in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1997, and was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) in 1981.

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History

The covered bridge was built in 1871 and originally spanned Middle Creek north of Beaver Springs on Township Route 574. It was moved in 1982 to its present location on Township Route 427 in Beaver Springs, spanning a run-off channel that flows into Middle Creek. [2] The bridge was moved when a dam and resulting reservoir were created on the stream originally spanned by the bridge. [3]

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References

  1. Federal Highway Administration (2007). "Place Name: Spring (Township of), Pennsylvania; NBI Structure Number: 547211181200060; Facility Carried: Railroad Ave; Feature Intersected: Flood Channel". Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky). Retrieved April 16, 2009.Note: this is a formatted scrape of the 2006 official website, which can be found here for Pennsylvania: "PA06.txt". Federal Highway Administration. 2006. Retrieved April 16, 2009.
  2. Evans, Benjamin D.; June R. Evans (2001). Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges: A complete guide. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 241. ISBN   0-8229-5764-7.
  3. Conwill, Joseph D (2004). Covered Bridges across North America. St. Paul, MN: MBI. p. 103.