Packsaddle Bridge
Packsaddle Bridge | |
 The bridge in October 2010 | |
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| Location | Southwest of Glen Savage off Legislative Route 55005, Fairhope Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°52′4″N 78°49′3″W / 39.86778°N 78.81750°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1870 |
| Architectural style | Other, Kingpost truss |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Somerset County TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003629[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 10, 1980 |
The Packsaddle Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Fairhope Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1877, and is a 48-foot-long (15 m) Kingpost truss bridge, with full vertical plank siding and large cut stone abutments. The bridge crosses Brush Creek. It is one of 10 covered bridges in Somerset County.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
- ^ a b "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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Herb Berman and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Somerset County Thematic Resources (Packsaddle Bridge)" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.
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- Covered bridges in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1870
- Bridges in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- King post truss bridges in the United States
- 1870 establishments in Pennsylvania
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