Historic Bridges
of the United States
Book's Covered Bridge
Perry County
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Pennsylvania
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Overview
Covered bridge over Shermans Creek on PA 3003
Location
Perry County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1884
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 87.9 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980
Also called
Kaufman Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.32450, -77.52436
(decimal degrees)
40°19'28" N, 77°31'28" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/285533/4466832
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Blain
Inventory numbers
PA 50 3003 0030 0635
(Pennsylvania bridge number)
NRHP 80003592
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-50-13
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31480
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(1,838)
Built 1884
(54)
Built during 1880s
(517)
Burr arch-truss
(125)
Covered
(537)
NR-listed
(1,520)
Open
(21,823)
Owned by state
(6,645)
Pennsylvania
(1,701)
Perry County, Pennsylvania
(26)
Through truss
(5,419)
Total length 75-100 feet
(3,373)
Truss
(16,067)
Update Log
March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
Jack Schmidt -
jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
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