The Kreigbaum Covered Bridge is an historic, American, wooden covered bridge that is located in Cleveland Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania and Ralpho Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Kreigbaum Covered Bridge | |
 Kreigbaum Covered Bridge in September 2012 | |
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| Location | East of Elysburg on Township 459, Cleveland Township and Ralpho Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°50′51″N 76°30′29″W / 40.84750°N 76.50806°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1876 |
| Built by | George W. Keefer |
| Architectural style | Queenpost truss |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Northumberland County TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002316[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 8, 1979 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
History and architectural features
editBuilt in 1875, this historic structure is a 62.1-foot-long (18.9 m), Queen Post Truss bridge that crosses South Branch Roaring Creek. It is one of twenty-eight historic covered bridges that still exist in Columbia and Montour Counties.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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 2012-01-19. Note: This includes John W. Prosser (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kreigbaum Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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