Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Penns Creek on Covered Bridge Road
- Location
- Union County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1855
- Design
- Covered Burr arch-truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 159.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 7.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Glen Iron Covered Bridge
Old Red Covered Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.87819, -77.15547 (decimal degrees)
40°52'41" N, 77°09'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/318381/4527471 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Hartleton
- Inventory numbers
- PA 59 7204 0320 0023 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
WGCB 38-60-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 80003644 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 31701 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
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