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Washington
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-63-08 #2) (WGCB PA-63-08 #2) (1889; burned 1994;
rebuilt 1994) A single-span, with center pier, Burr arch truss 70'
3" over Ten Mile Creek. Located: On Bailey Road (TR 686), a
dead end road, approximately 1.5 miles southeast of Amity, Amwell Township,
Pennsylvania. Directions: From I-79, north, take Exit 23. At
the stop sign at the end of the exit ramp make a right turn and go
west on Ten Mile Road for 1.3 miles to left on Bailey Road (TR 686) 0.1
mile to the bridge. The bridge is visible on your left well before
you make the left turn onto Bailey Road (TR 686) The original structure
was destroyed by fire in July 23, 1994, when a truck was driven on the
bridge and set on fire. It was rebuilt using all new materials except
for the Burr arches and central cross timbers of each truss. It is
located on a gravel township road and rests on stone faced abutments with
wingwalls and a center pier and supported on eight steel girders.
The wing walls rise above road level to form fairly short stone and mortar
parapets. The bridge is covered with vertical board siding on both
the sides and portals and is painted barn red inside and out. The
roof is sheet metal and its deck is covered with crosswise planking.
It also has narrow lengthwise openings under the eaves. The bridge is the last Burr
truss covered bridge still standing in Washington County. It was
listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1979.
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