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Packsaddle Bridge

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Built
  
1870

NRHP Reference #
  
80003629

Area
  
400 m²

Added to NRHP
  
10 December 1980

Architectural style
  
Other, Kingpost truss

Opened
  
1870

Body of water
  
Brush Creek

Packsaddle Bridge

Location
  
Southwest of Glen Savage off Legislative Route 55005, Fairhope Township, Pennsylvania

MPS
  
Covered Bridges of Somerset County TR

Similar
  
Glessner Bridge, New Balti Bridge, Beechdale Bridge, Trostletown Bridge, Barronvale Bridge

Packsaddle bridge


The Packsaddle Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Fairhope Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1877, and is a 48-foot-long (15 m) Kingpost truss bridge, with full vertical plank siding and large cut stone abutments. The bridge crosses Brush Creek. It is one of 10 covered bridges in Somerset County.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Crossing the packsaddle bridge


References

Packsaddle Bridge Wikipedia