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Somerset
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-56-02) (WGCB PA-56-02)
(1870; rehabilitated 1950;
repaired 1996; rehabilitated 1998) A single-span, multiple Kingpost
truss, 47' 11" over Brush Creek. Located: On Packsaddle Road
(TR 407), 4.3 miles northwest of Fairhope, Fairhope Township, Pennsylvania.
Directions: Approximately 1.5 miles southwest of New Baltimore, Pennsylvania
at the jct. of SR 31 and Dividing Ridge Road (SR 1015), go south on Dividing
Ridge Road (SR 1015) for 4.5 miles to a "T" with Glen Salvage Road (SR
2019). Turn right on Glen Salvage Road (SR 2019) and go 3 miles to
Pine Valley Road, turn right on Pine Valley Road, and go 0.3 mile to Packsaddle
Road (TR 407). Turn left and go 0.1 mile to the bridge. This
bridge was badly damaged by flood waters in January 1996. A $5,000
grant was used to make minor repairs the same year. A subsequent
engineer study found that the stone masonry abutments should be replaced,
along with installing steel stringers, new timber floor beam, new plank
deck and a new roof. The state wanted to close the bridge and replace
it with a concrete bridge, however the townspeople protested and in 1998,
the bridge was restored at a cost of $382,263. It was rededicated
on July 18, 1998. The structure rests on new concrete stone faced
abutments. It is painted barn red, and has random width vertical
board siding and trimmed in white. Its decks are crosswise planking
and a roof of corrugated metal. Also known as the Packsaddle Covered
Bridge and the
Doc Miller Covered Bridge. It was listed
on the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1980.
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