Hassenplug Bridge

Hassenplug Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Hassenplug Covered Bridge, April 2010
Location	N. 4th St., Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°55′25″N 77°3′0″W / 40.92361°N 77.05000°WCoordinates: 40°55′25″N 77°3′0″W / 40.92361°N 77.05000°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1825
Architectural style	Other, Burr Truss
MPS	Union County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP Reference #	80003641[1]
Added to NRHP	February 8, 1980

Hassenplug Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge at Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. It is an 80-foot-long (24 m), Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1825, and overhauled in 1959. It crosses Buffalo Creek.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980^[1] and is the oldest covered bridge in the United States.^[3] However, this distinction is also claimed for the Hyde Hall Bridge in New York.

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "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 Charles M. Snyder (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hassenplug Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.
3. Evans, Benjamin D.; Evans, June R. (2004). New England's Covered Bridges. Hanover, New Hampshire, USA: University Press of New England. p. 121. ISBN 1-58465-320-5.