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Side view

Photos taken May 2006 by Jack Schmidt
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Historic marker

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Vicinity Map

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Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Beaver Creek on Railroad Avenue in Beaver Springs
Location
Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1871; relocated in 1982
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 97.1 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1977
Also called
Gross Covered Bridge (original name)
Beaver Springs Covered Bridge
Overflow Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74700, -77.21167   (decimal degrees)
40°44'49" N, 77°12'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/313279/4513025 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Beaver Springs
Inventory numbers
WGCB 38-55-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 77001194 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PA 54 7211 1812 0006 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31611 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (2,016)
Built 1871 (22)
Built during 1870s (302)
Burr arch-truss (131)
Covered (559)
NR-listed (1,538)
Open (21,980)
Owned by railroad (709)
Pennsylvania (1,714)
Relocated (143)
Snyder County, Pennsylvania (11)
Through truss (5,484)
Total length 75-100 feet (3,392)
Truss (16,167)

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