Dimmsville Covered Bridge

Dimmsville Covered Bridge
Dimmsville Covered Bridge
Location West of Dimmsville, Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°36′23″N 77°8′20″W / 40.60639°N 77.13889°W / 40.60639; -77.13889Coordinates: 40°36′23″N 77°8′20″W / 40.60639°N 77.13889°W / 40.60639; -77.13889
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Architectural style Burr truss
MPS Covered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties TR
NRHP reference #

79002245

[1]
Added to NRHP August 10, 1979

The Dimmsville Covered Bridge was a historic covered bridge located near Dimmsville, Greenwood Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. It was a Burr Truss bridge. It measures 100-foot-long (30 m) and had vertical siding, windows at eave level, and a gable roof. It crossed Cocolamus Creek.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

The bridge collapsed on April 11, 2017 after years of neglect.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher and Tobi Casner (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dimmsville Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  3. ↑ Schalk, Kiernan (April 17, 2017). "Local covered bridge crumbles". Lewistown Sentinel. Retrieved May 1, 2017.


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