Pleasantville Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Oley Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is a 126-foot-long (38 m), Burr Truss bridge, constructed between 1852 and 1856. It was built in two stages due to wood shortages after the Great Flood of 1850. It crosses the Manatawny Creek. It is one of five covered bridges remaining in Berks County.[2]
Pleasantville Bridge | |
 Pleasantville Covered Bridge, October 2009 | |
   | |
| Location | South of Mantawny on Township 916, Oley Township, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°22′44″N 75°44′21″W / 40.37889°N 75.73917°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1852, 1856 |
| Built by | Renno, David; Bitner, Jonathan |
| MPS | Berks County Covered Bridges TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000533[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 23, 1981 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
Gallery
edit-
Pleasantville Covered Bridge detail, Summer 1999 (HAER Photo)
.jpg)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pleasantville Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-15.
External links
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pleasantville Covered Bridge.
- Berks County Covered Bridges
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-491, "Pleasantville Covered Bridge, Spanning Little Manatawny Creek at Covered Bridge Road (State Route 1030), Manatawny, Berks County, PA", 9 photos, 1 color transparency, 6 measured drawings, 8 data pages, 1 photo caption page
 | This article about a property in Berks County, Pennsylvania on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a bridge in Pennsylvania is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |