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Hays Bridge Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Covered bridge in the district
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Location	East of Mercersburg on Pennsylvania Routes 331 and 328, Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°47′19″N 77°51′15″W / 39.78861°N 77.85417°W / 39.78861; -77.85417
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1820
Built by	S. Stouffer
Architectural style	Burr truss
NRHP reference No.	78002402
Added to NRHP	July 31, 1978

The Hays Bridge Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

History and architectural features

The district includes two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The buildings are a three-story, five-bay limestone house and bank barn, which date to the early-nineteenth century. The structures are an early nineteenth-century stone double arch bridge and a Burr Truss covered bridge which date to 1883. The covered bridge, known as Ped Bridge or Witherspoon Bridge, is eighty-seven feet long and fourteen feet wide, with a corrugated metal roof. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Franklin County.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2012. Note: This includes Paula Stoner Dickey (July 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hays Bridge Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved February 4, 2012.

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