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Twin Bridges West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121

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Built
  
1850

Architectural style
  
Burr Truss-Arch

Opened
  
1850

Body of water
  
Huntington Creek

Built by
  
Peter Ent

NRHP Reference #
  
79003179

Area
  
400 m²

Added to NRHP
  
29 November 1979

Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121

Location
  
Pennsylvania Route 371, south of Catawissa, Fishing Creek Township, Pennsylvania

MPS
  
Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR

Similar
  
Twin Bridges‑East Paden C, Josiah Hess Covered, Kramer Covered Bridge N, Sachs Covered Bridge, Knoebels Amusement Resort

The Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121 is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Fishing Creek Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is a 112-foot-long (34 m), Burr Truss bridge constructed in 1850. It crosses the Huntington Creek. It is one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties. It is a twin of the Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The bridge was destroyed in a flood on June 28, 2006, and an identical replacement was built and dedicated on October 15, 2008.

References

Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121 Wikipedia