ACADEMIA/POMEROY COVERED BRIDGE - ACADEMIA, PENNSYLVANIA

  TUSCARORA CREEK

JUNITIA COUNTY

BUILT - 1902

Length - 278' .... SE of Academia, Beal/ Spruce Hill Township. PA75 SW 0.25 miles from jct with PA333 just S. of Port Royal, W. on Groninger Valley Rd. 5.1 miles, S. (left) on Mill Rd. 0.25 miles left on Covered Bridge Rd. 150' to the bridge. Built by James N. Groninger for $6,484. In June 2009, the Junitia Historical Society completed an eight year, $1.4 M restoration of the bridge. The bridge is the longest remaining covered bridge in Pennsylvania. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 1979. Closed to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Double Span Burr Arch Truss.

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-34-01