The Dimmsville Covered Bridge was a historic covered bridge located near Dimmsville, Greenwood Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. It was a Burr Truss bridge. It measures 100-foot-long (30 m) and had vertical siding, windows at eave level, and a gable roof. It crossed Cocolamus Creek.[2]
Dimmsville Covered Bridge | |
 Dimmsville Covered Bridge | |
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| Location | West of Dimmsville, Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′23″N 77°8′20″W / 40.60639°N 77.13889°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Architectural style | Burr truss |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002245 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 10, 1979 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
The bridge collapsed on April 11, 2017 after years of neglect.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-12-29. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher and Tobi Casner (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dimmsville Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ^ Schalk, Kiernan (April 17, 2017). "Local covered bridge crumbles". Lewistown Sentinel. Retrieved May 1, 2017.