Saturday, December 14, 2019
BUSKIRK COVERED BRIDGE - BUSKIRK, NEW YORK
HOOSIC RIVER
RENSSELAER/WASHINGTON COUNTY
BUILT - 1857/1880
Length - 160'....In Buskirk 3.5 miles from jct. NY-22 N. on NY-67 then right on CR103/59 .03 miles to bridge. After major damage to the original bridge which was built in 1857, it was majorly rebuilt on the present location in 1880. Rehabilitated in 2005. Posted on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Howe Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 32-42-02
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
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