Kintersburg Covered Bridge

The Kintersburg Covered Bridge is a covered bridge spanning Crooked Creek in Rayne Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Kintersburg Covered Bridge
The Kintersburg Covered Bridge over Crooked Creek
Kintersburg Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Kintersburg Covered Bridge
Kintersburg Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Kintersburg Covered Bridge
LocationKintersburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates40°42′48″N 79°4′53″W / 40.71333°N 79.08139°W / 40.71333; -79.08139
Built1877
ArchitectJ.S. Fleming[1]
NRHP reference No.79002241 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1979[1]

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

History and architectural features

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Built in 1877, this 62-foot-long (19 m) historic structure[1] is one of only four covered bridges in Indiana County, and is the only one with a Howe truss design, a style that was rarely used for covered bridges.

The Kintersburg Bridge, in fact, is one of only five covered bridges in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with that design;[2] the other four are the McConnell's Mill Covered Bridge in Lawrence County, Mean's Ford Covered Bridge in Bucks County, St. Mary's Covered Bridge in Huntingdon County, and the Thomas Mill Covered Bridge in Philadelphia County.[3]

Because of its Howe design, the bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Evans & Evans, p. 148
  2. ^ Evans & Evans, pp. 188-189
  3. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-12-04. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Indiana County (Kintersburg Covered Bridge)" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-04.

Sources

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  • Evans, Benjamin D., and June R. Evans Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8229-5764-7.
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