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Kreigbaum Covered Bridge

Coordinates: 40°50′51″N 76°30′29″W / 40.84750°N 76.50806°W / 40.84750; -76.50806
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Kreigbaum Covered Bridge
Kreigbaum Covered Bridge in September 2012
Kreigbaum Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Kreigbaum Covered Bridge
Kreigbaum Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Kreigbaum Covered Bridge
LocationEast of Elysburg on Township 459, Cleveland Township and Ralpho Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°50′51″N 76°30′29″W / 40.84750°N 76.50806°W / 40.84750; -76.50806
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1876
Built byGeorge W. Keefer
Architectural styleQueenpost truss
MPSCovered Bridges of Northumberland County TR
NRHP reference No.79002316[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 1979

The Kreigbaum Covered Bridge is an historic, American, wooden covered bridge that is located in Cleveland Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania and Ralpho Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

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

History and architectural features

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Built in 1875, this historic structure is a 62.1-foot-long (18.9 m), Queen Post Truss bridge that crosses South Branch Roaring Creek. It is one of twenty-eight historic covered bridges that still exist in Columbia and Montour Counties.[2]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-19. Note: This includes John W. Prosser (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kreigbaum Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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