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Former bridge in Pennsylvania, United States United States historic place
Dimmsville Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Dimmsville Covered Bridge
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LocationWest of Dimmsville, Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°36′23″N 77°8′20″W / 40.60639°N 77.13889°W / 40.60639; -77.13889
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Architectural styleBurr truss
MPSCovered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties TR
NRHP reference No.79002245
Added to NRHPAugust 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.

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

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

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  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 2012-12-29. 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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