Hays Bridge Historic District

Hays Bridge Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Covered bridge in the district
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Location	East of Mercersburg on Pennsylvania Routes 331 and 328, Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°47′19″N77°51′15″W / 39.78861°N 77.85417°W / 39.78861; -77.85417
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1820
Built by	S. Stouffer
Architectural style	Burr truss
NRHP reference No.	78002402 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 31, 1978

The Hays Bridge Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ^[1]

History and architectural features

The district includes two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The buildings are a three-story, five-bay limestone house and bank barn, which date to the early-nineteenth century. The structures are an early nineteenth-century stone double arch bridge and a Burr Truss covered bridge which date to 1883. The covered bridge, known as Ped Bridge or Witherspoon Bridge, is eighty-seven feet long and fourteen feet wide, with a corrugated metal roof. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Franklin County. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Paula Stoner Dickey (July 1977). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Hays Bridge Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 20, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)