Buttonwood Covered Bridge
Template:Geobox The Buttonwood Covered Bridge is a covered bridge built in either 1878 or 1898 over Blockhouse Creek in Jackson Township, Lycoming County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It uses a queen post with king post truss and is 74 feet 2 inches (22.6 m) long. The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and had a major restoration in 1998. It is the shortest and most heavily used of the three covered bridges remaining in Lycoming County.[1]
Dimensions
The following table is a comparison of published measurements of length, width and load recorded in different sources using different methods, as well as the structural type cited. The NBI measures bridge length between the "backwalls of abutments" or pavement grooves and the roadway width as "the most restrictive minimum distance between curbs or rails".[2] The NRHP form measures length from "end post to end post", and was prepared by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), which surveyed county engineers, historical and covered bridge societies, and others for all the covered bridges in the commonwealth.[3][4] The Evans visited every covered bridge in Pennsylvania in 2001 and measured each bridge's length (portal to portal) and width (at the portal) for their book.[5] The data in Zacher's book was based on a 1991 survey of all covered bridges in Pennsylvania by the PHMC and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, aided by local government and private agencies.[6] The article uses primarily the NBI and NRHP data, as they are national programs.
Length feet (m) |
Width feet (m) |
Load short tons (MT) |
Truss type(s) |
Year built |
Source (Year) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
77 feet (23.469600 m)* | 16 feet 6 inches (5.0 m) | 3.0 short tons (2.7 t) | Queen post | 1878 | Landis (1966)[7] |
74 feet 2 inches (22.6 m) | 14 feet 5 inches (4.4 m) | 11 short tons (10.0 t) | Wood or Timber | Pre-1900 | NBI (2009)[2] |
63 feet (19.202400 m)* | 14 feet 5 inches (4.4 m) | 3.0 short tons (2.7 t) | Multiple kingpost and queenpost Burr arch[8] |
1898 | NRHP (1980)[3] |
74 feet 4 inches (22.7 m) | 15 feet 8.5 inches (4.8 m) | NA | Queenpost with kingpost | 1898 | Evans (2001)[5] |
57 feet (17.4 m) | 14 feet 5 inches (4.4 m) | NA | Burr | 1898 | Zacher (1994)[6] |
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Benjamin D.; Evans, June R. (1993). Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges: A Complete Guide (1st ed.). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 255. ISBN 0-8229-5504-0.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Zacher, Susan M. and Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Bradford, Sullivan and Lycoming Counties" (PDF). Retrieved November 2, 2010.
- ^ a b Evans, Benjamin D.; Evans, June R. (2001). Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges: A Complete Guide (2nd ed.). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 200. ISBN 0-8229-5764-7.
- ^ a b Zacher, Susan M. (1994). The Covered Bridges of Pennsylvania: A Guide (2nd ed.). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. p. 110. ISBN 0-89271-054-3.
- ^ Landis, Milton W. (January 1966). "The Buttonwood Covered Bridge". Now and Then (The Journal of the Muncy, Pennsylvania Historical Society). XV (1): 77–81.
- ^ Note: the Buttonwood Covered Bridge NRHP nomination materials on CRGIS contain two earlier surveys, the individual NRHP nomination form for the bridge, and the Thematic Resources (Multiple Properties Submission) form for the seven remaining covered bridges in Lycoming, Sullivan and Bradford Counties. One undated survey refers to its truss as "M. King & Queen", while the other makes no mention of truss type. Both NRHP forms mistakenly describe the bridge as a Burr Arch truss.
External links
- Pierce, Phillip C.; Brungraber, Robert L.; Lichtenstein, Abba; Sabol, Scott; Morrell, J.J.; Lebow, S.T. (April 2005). "Covered Bridge Manual: Publication No. FHWA-HRT-04-098" (PDF). US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- Covered bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1898
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Visitor attractions in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges in Pennsylvania
- 1898 establishments in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania