Historic Bridges
of the United States
Snyder Covered Bridge
Columbia County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Covered bridge over Roaring Creek on Rarig Road, southeast of Catawissa
Location
Columbia County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1876
Design
Covered Queenpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 42.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.90133, -76.39450
(decimal degrees)
40°54'05" N, 76°23'40" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/382544/4528740
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Catawissa
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-19-14
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 79003188
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30769
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 10/2006)
Deck condition rating:
Satisfactory
(6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating:
Serious
(3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.8
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2006)
50
Categories
19th Century
(1,838)
Built 1876
(38)
Built during 1870s
(278)
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
(35)
Covered
(537)
NR-listed
(1,520)
Open
(21,823)
Owned by county
(14,294)
Pennsylvania
(1,701)
Queenpost truss
(39)
Span length 25-50 feet
(6,148)
Structurally deficient
(10,852)
Through truss
(5,419)
Total length 50-75 feet
(4,989)
Truss
(16,067)
Wooden deck
(5,165)
Update Log
November 6, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
Jack Schmidt -
jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
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