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Bucks
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-09-11) (WGCB PA-09-11): (1874; restored 1996)
A single-span Town lattice truss 85' 6" over Cabin Run Creek. Located:
On Wismer Road, Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania or Carversville
Road, Bedminster Township, Pennsylvania just southwest of Pipersville,
Pennsylvania. Directions: From Wismer, Pennsylvania at the
jct. of Stump Road and Wismer Road, travel northwest on Wismer Road for
1 mile to the bridge. From Pipersville, Pennsylvania at the jct.
of SR 611 and SR 413, go south on SR 413 for 0.6 mile to the jct. with
Dark Hollow Road. Go left on Dark Hollow Road for 0.2 mile to Carversville
Road. Turn right on Carversville Road and go 0.5 mile to the bridge.
A concrete plaque in the wing wall identifies the bridge as “Cabin Run.”
Local residents do not know why. It may have been named for the creek
over which it is built. There is another bridge in the county named
the Cabin Run Covered Bridge (WGN 38-09-10).
The bridge has basically the same features as the other bridges in the
county except it is painted white on both the sides and the portals.
It was closed in January 1996, for six months, for repairs and restoration,
at an estimated cost of $340,000.00. It received a new roof, rafters,
painted siding, strengthened abutments, and removal of sediment from the
stream bed. It was reopened on July 3, 1996. The structure
rests on stone and mortar abutments, reinforced with concrete, and has
stone and mortar wing walls capped with concrete. It has white painted
vertical boarding on both the sides and portals and splash panels.
The portal features a curved opening. The deck consists of lengthwise
planking and it has a shake roof. It was listed on the National Register
of Historic Places on December 1, 1980. (Jun 2008) |
