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Hays Bridge Historic District

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Built
  
1820

Architectural style
  
Other, Burr truss

Opened
  
1820

Added to NRHP
  
31 July 1978

Built by
  
Stouffer, S.

NRHP Reference #
  
78002402

Area
  
4 ha

Hays Bridge Historic District

Location
  
East of Mercersburg on Pennsylvania Routes 331 and 328, Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania

Hays Bridge Historic District is a national historic district located in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The district includes two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The buildings are a three-story, five bay limestone house and bank barn, dated to the early-19th century. The structures are an early-19th century stone double arch bridge and a Burr Truss covered bridge dated to 1883. The covered bridge, known as Ped Bridge or Witherspoon Bridge, is 87 feet long and 14 feet wide, with a corrugated metal roof. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Franklin County.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

References

Hays Bridge Historic District Wikipedia