St. Mary's Covered Bridge | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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Location | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Orbisonia on U.S. Route 522, Cromwell Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°12′21″N 77°52′42″W / 40.20583°N 77.87833°W / 40.20583; -77.87833 |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1889 |
Architectural style | Howe truss |
NRHP reference No. | 80003503 |
Added to NRHP | March 20, 1980 |
The St. Mary's Covered Bridge, also known as Shade Gap Covered Bridge and Huntingdon County Bridge No. 8, is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Cromwell Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a 65.25-foot-long (19.89 m) 16.5-foot-wide (5.0 m), Howe truss bridge with cut stone abutments, constructed in 1889. It crosses the Shade Creek and is the only remaining covered bridge in Huntingdon County.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
References
- ^ "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" (Searchable database). Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. This includes Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Mary's Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1889
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Howe truss bridges in the United States