Saturday, December 14, 2019

KIDD'S MILL COVERED BRIDGE - GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA












                                                                                                SHENANGO RIVER
                                                                                                 MERCER COUNTY
                                                                                                       BUILT - 1868

Length - 124'....S. of Greenville, Pymatuning Township. PA St Rt.-58 S. .07 miles from jct with PA St Rt._358 in Greenville, W.(curves S.) Hamburg Rd. 3.1 miles,W. on Reynolds Industrial Park Rd.(SR-4012) .02 miles, SW on Kidd's Mill Rd. .01 miles to bridge. Closed to motor traffic. Built by Smith Bridge Company out of Toledo, Ohio. Bridge was bypassed in 1963. Rehabilitated in 1990. Kidd's Mill Covered Bridge is the easternmost and oldest of the remaining of the 20 remaining Smith trusses in the United States and is the only remaining Type 2 Smith Truss remaining. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1974. Closed to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Smith Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-43-01

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