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Speakman No. 1

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Other, Burr truss

Added to NRHP
  
10 December 1980

Built
  
1881

Opened
  
1881

Speakman No. 1

Location
  
South of Coatesville on Legislative Route 15068, near Modena, East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania

Built by
  
Wood, Meanander; Wood, Ferdinand

MPS
  
Covered Bridges of Chester County TR

Similar
  
Kennedy Bridge, Glen Hope Covered Bridge, Hall's Bridge, Chester County Courthouse

Speakman No. 1 is a historic wooden covered bridge located at East Fallowfield Township near Modena in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a 75-foot-long (23 m) Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1881. It is a twin of Speakman No. 2, Mary Ann Pyle Bridge, located a 1/4 mile away. It crosses Buck Run.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

Speakman No. 1 Wikipedia