Kintersburg Covered Bridge

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Kintersburg Covered Bridge
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The Kintersburg Covered Bridge over Crooked Creek
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Location Kintersburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 40°42′48″N79°4′53″W / 40.71333°N 79.08139°W / 40.71333; -79.08139
Built1877
ArchitectJ.S. Fleming [1]
NRHP reference No. 79002241
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1979 [1]

The Kintersburg Covered Bridge is a covered bridge spanning Crooked Creek in Rayne Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

History and architectural features

Built in 1877, this 62-foot-long (19 m) historic structure [1] is one of only four covered bridges in Indiana County, and is the only one with a Howe truss design, a style that was rarely used for covered bridges.

The Kintersburg Bridge, in fact, is one of only five covered bridges in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with that design; [2] the other four are the McConnell's Mill Covered Bridge in Lawrence County, Mean's Ford Covered Bridge in Bucks County, St. Mary's Covered Bridge in Huntingdon County, and the Thomas Mill Covered Bridge in Philadelphia County. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans & Evans, p. 148
  2. ↑ Evans & Evans, pp. 188-189
  3. ↑ Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Kintersburg Covered Bridge. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 21, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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