Kutz's Mill Bridge

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Kutz's Mill Bridge
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Kutz's Mill Covered Bridge, September 2010
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LocationNorthwest of Kutztown on Township 798, Greenwich Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°32′01″N75°48′20″W / 40.53374°N 75.80542°W / 40.53374; -75.80542
Arealess than one acre
Built1854
Built byBitner & Ahrens
MPS Berks County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No. 81000531 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 23, 1981

Kutz's Mill Bridge is an historic, American, wooden covered bridge that is located in Greenwich Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1]

History and architectural features

Built in 1854, this historic structure is a 93-foot-long (28 m), Burr Truss bridge that crosses the Sacony Creek. It is one of five covered bridges remaining in Berks County. [2] As the name implies, it leads to the Kutz Mill.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Dubie (July 1980). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Kutz's Mill Bridge. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
The bridge's namesake across Sacony Creek. Kutz mill 3.JPG
The bridge's namesake across Sacony Creek.