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

BANKS COVERED BRIDGE - VOLANT, PENNSYLVANIA














                                                                                          RIVER - NESHANNOCK CREEK
                                                                                                   LAWRENCE COUNTY
                                                                                                            BUILT - 1889

Length - 129'.... SW of Volant, SR.-168 approx 1.5 miles to R. on Gerber Rd. approx. 2.0 miles to R. on Covered Bridge Rd. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1980. Open  to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr arch truss supported by steel girders.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-37-02
               

Friday, December 13, 2019

MCCONNELL'S MILL COVERED BRIDGE - ROSE POINT, PENNSYLVANIA











                                                                                     RIVER - SLIPPERY ROCK CREEK
                                                                                               LAWRENCE COUNTY
                                                                                                        BUILT - 1874

Length - 101'....In McConnell's Mill State Park SE of Rose Point, Slippery Rock Township. US Rt-19 E. 1.0 miles from jct with Old Butler Rd. in Rose Point, S. on McConnell's Mill Rd. 1.1 miles to bridge. Builders - Bell & Breckinridge and  J. B. White and Sons. Rehabilitated in 1957 and 1998. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1980. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Howe Through Truss and supported by steel girders.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-37-01

Sunday, December 8, 2019

PORTER/PARSONSFIELD COVERED BRIDGE - PORTER, MAINE












                                                                                                       RIVER - OSSIPEE RIVER
                                                                                                            OXFORD COUNTY
                                                                                                                  BUILT - 1859

Length - 152'.... SW of Porter, Porter Township. Maine Rt-160 S. .03 miles from jct with Maine Rt-25 on the W. edge of Porter to the bridge on the E. side of the road. Closed to motor traffic in 1960. Restored 1999. Placed on the the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1970. Truss Type - Paddleford with two spans which are strengthened by a 20th century laminated arches.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 19-09-05

HEMLOCK COVERED BRIDGE - FRYEBURG, MAINE



















                                                                                       OLD COURSE SACO RIVER
                                                                                               OXFORD COUNTY
                                                                                                     BUILT - 1857

Length - 116'.... NE of Fryeburg, Fryeburg Township. US Rt,-302 ENE 5.5 miles from jct with ME SR-5 in Fryeburg, N. on Hemlock Bridge Rd. 3.0 miles to the bridge.  It was rehabilitated in 1988 and reinforced to carry modern traffic. Open to through traffic. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16,  1970. Truss Type - Covered Paddleford  Through Truss with Arch.   
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 19-09-02