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Kennedy Bridge (Kimberton, Pennsylvania)

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Other, Burr truss

Body of water
  
French Creek

Built
  
1856

Opened
  
1856

Added to NRHP
  
21 January 1974

Kennedy Bridge (Kimberton, Pennsylvania)

Location
  
North of Kimberton off Pennsylvania Route 23 on Seven Stars Road over French Creek, East Vincent Township, Pennsylvania

Built by
  
Kennedy, Alex; King, Jesse

MPS
  
Covered Bridges of Chester County TR (AD)

Similar
  
Glen Hope Covered Bridge, Hall's Bridge, Rapps Bridge, Gibson's Covered Bridge, Pine Grove Covered Bridge

Kennedy Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a 96-foot-long (29 m), Burr truss bridge, constructed in 1856. It was damaged and repaired after a flood in 1884 and reinforced in 1936. It crosses French Creek.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

References

Kennedy Bridge (Kimberton, Pennsylvania) Wikipedia


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