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Perry
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-50-12) (WGCB PA-50-12) (1918) A single-span
Kingpost with Queenpost truss 73' 2" over Sherman’s Creek. Located:
On Mt. Pleasant Road (TR 391), Mt. Pleasant, Jackson Township, Pennsylvania.
Directions: In Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, at the jct. of SR 274
and Mt. Pleasant Road (TR 391), go south on Mt. Pleasant Road (TR 391)
for 0.35 mile to the bridge. It has a Kingpost truss sandwiched between
two Queenpost trusses. Its faded barn red sides and white trimmed
portals are covered with narrow, vertical, tongue and groove boards, and
the roof is metal. the deck consists of lengthwise planking laid
over crosswise planking. The structure rests on concrete abutments
and has road level stone and mortar wing walls covered with concrete.
The bridge has been reinforced with steel. There is a plaque mounted on
the portal indicating the bridges name as "Mt. Pleasant Bridge."
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 25,
1980. (Sep 2006) |
