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Adams
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-01-08) (WGCB PA-01-08) (1892; restored c 1997;
renamed 1998) A single-span multiple Kingpost with Burr arch truss
75' 2" over Toms Creek. Located: On Jack’s Mountain Road
(SR 3021), approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Fairfield, Hamiltonban
Township, Pennsylvania. Directions: In Fairfield, Pennsylvania,
at the jct. of SR 116 West and Miller Street/Fairfield Station Road (SR
3016), follow SR 116 West for 1.1 miles to Jack’s Mountain Road.
Bear right on Jack’s Mountain Road and go 0.6 mile to the bridge.
This is the only remaining covered bridge in Adams County, Pennsylvania
that is open to Vehicular Traffic. It was always referred to as the
Jack’s
Mountain Bridge, before its name was officially changed to the G.
Donald McLaughlin Memorial Covered Bridge in 1998 in memory of the
gentleman who spearheaded the bridge’s restoration campaign. Is also
the only covered bridge in Pennsylvania that uses traffic lights to control
the flow of one lane traffic. The structure was carefully restored
using well-concealed I-beams to support its twenty-ton live load limit,
it rests on stone and mortar abutments, which are capped with concrete
and built on concrete foundations. It is covered with barn red, shiplapped
siding on both sides and portals, and the portals are trimmed with white.
It has a sheet metal roof and its deck uses lengthwise planks laid over
crosswise planks set on edge. It also has a very high Burr arch truss
system,
which sandwiches the multiple Kingpost structure in a common design, reaching
the narrow lengthwise openings directly under the eaves. It was listed
in the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980.
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