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Somerset
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-56-10) (WGCB PA-56-10)
(1845; restored 1993-1996)
A three-span multiple Kingpost with Queenpost Truss, 104' 1" over Stony
Creek. Located: In Stoystown Lions Club Park, Stoystown, Quemahoning
Township, Pennsylvania. Directions: In Stoystown, Pennsylvania,
at the jct. of US 30 and SR 103, go west on US 30 for 0.15 mile to Stoystown
Lions Club Park Road. Turn left and go 0.2 mile to the parking area.
The bridge is to the left as you approach the parking area. The Stoystown
Lions Club undertook the project of restoring and preserving the bridge
in 1965. The project took place over a three year period from 1993
to 1996. It was rededicated on September 28, 1996. The structure
stands on its original cut stone abutments and stone and mortar piers.
Its roof is covered with regular roof shingles, and the deck consists of
crosswise planking. The portals and sides are covered with random
width vertical boards with the top one third of the sides open, exposing
the rather distinctive truss structure, which has additional diagonal supports
on both steel rods and wooden timbers. The World Guide lists the
bridge as a multiple Kingpost with Queenpost truss although other sources
indicate that it is only a multiple Kingpost truss. From the parking
lot, a Kingpost truss spans from the abutment to the first pier, another
Kingpost truss spans from the pier to the other pier, and a Queenpost truss
spans from the second pier to the far abutment. With this configuration
it would be considered a multiple Kingpost with Queenpost truss.
Also known as the Kantner Covered Bridge. It was listed on
the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980.
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