The Gross Covered Bridge is 100-foot (30 m) Burr Arch truss covered bridge in the census-designated place of Beaver Springs, Spring Township in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1997, and was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) in 1981.
Gross Covered Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′49″N 77°12′42.5″W / 40.74694°N 77.211806°W |
| Crosses | tributary of Middle Creek |
| Locale | Spring, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Other name(s) | Klinepeter's, Overflow, Beaver Springs |
| Maintained by | Spring Township |
| NBI Number | 547211181200060 |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 100 ft (30 m)[1] |
| Width | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Height | 11.25 ft (3.43 m) |
| Load limit | 5 short tons (4.5 t) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Davis Kitch |
| Built | 1871 |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 77001194 |
| Added to NRHP | August 29, 1977 |
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History
editThe covered bridge was built in 1871 and originally spanned Middle Creek north of Beaver Springs on Township Route 574. It was moved in 1982 to its present location on Township Route 427 in Beaver Springs, spanning a run-off channel that flows into Middle Creek.[2] The bridge was moved when a dam and resulting reservoir were created on the stream originally spanned by the bridge.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Federal Highway Administration (2007). "Place Name: Spring (Township of), Pennsylvania; NBI Structure Number: 547211181200060; Facility Carried: Railroad Ave; Feature Intersected: Flood Channel". Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky). Retrieved April 16, 2009. Note: this is a formatted scrape of the 2006 official website, which can be found here for Pennsylvania: "PA06.txt". Federal Highway Administration. 2006. Retrieved April 16, 2009.
- ^ Evans, Benjamin D.; June R. Evans (2001). Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges: A complete guide. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 241. ISBN 0-8229-5764-7.
- ^ Conwill, Joseph D (2004). Covered Bridges across North America. St. Paul, MN: MBI. p. 103.
External links
edit- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-67, "Gross Covered Bridge"
- "Covered Bridge Tour of Snyder County, PA" (PDF). Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Retrieved November 22, 2013.