Historic Bridges
of the United States
Gibson's Covered Bridge
Chester County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Covered bridge over East Branch Brandywine Creek on Harmony Hill Road
Location
Chester County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1872
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 98.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1980
Also called
Harmony Hill Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.97614, -75.68283
(decimal degrees)
39°58'34" N, 75°40'58" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/441693/4425332
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Unionville
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80003456
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-15-10
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 30663
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(1,838)
Built 1872
(23)
Built during 1870s
(278)
Burr arch-truss
(125)
Chester County, Pennsylvania
(62)
Covered
(537)
NR-listed
(1,520)
Open
(21,823)
Pennsylvania
(1,701)
Through truss
(5,419)
Total length 75-100 feet
(3,373)
Truss
(16,067)
Update Log
March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
Jack Schmidt -
jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
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