Packsaddle Bridge

Packsaddle Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The bridge in October 2010

Location	Southwest of Glen Savage off Legislative Route 55005, Fairhope Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°52′4″N 78°49′3″W / 39.86778°N 78.81750°W / 39.86778; -78.81750Coordinates: 39°52′4″N 78°49′3″W / 39.86778°N 78.81750°W / 39.86778; -78.81750
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1870
Architectural style	Other, Kingpost truss
MPS	Covered Bridges of Somerset County TR
NRHP Reference #	80003629^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1980

The Packsaddle Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Fairhope Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1877, and is a 48-foot-long (15 m) Kingpost truss bridge, with full vertical plank siding and large cut stone abutments. The bridge crosses Brush Creek. It is one of 10 covered bridges in Somerset County.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References

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1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Herb Berman and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Somerset County Thematic Resources (Packsaddle Bridge)" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.

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