Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40
Appearance
Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40 | |
The bridge in September 2012 | |
Location | Pennsylvania Route 405, east of Catawissa, Catawissa Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°57′6″N 76°26′52″W / 40.95167°N 76.44778°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1850 |
Built by | Peter Ent |
Architectural style | Burr Truss Arch |
MPS | Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79003187[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 29, 1979 |
The Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40 is an historic wooden covered bridge which is located in Catawissa Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
History and architectural features
[edit]The Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40 is a 116.9-foot-long (35.6 m), Burr Truss bridge with a tarred metal roof, constructed in 1850. It crosses the Catawissa Creek. It is one of twenty-eight historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties.[2]
This covered bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2012-01-17. Note: This includes Bill Pennesi and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-19.
Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Columbia County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1850
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Burr Truss bridges in the United States