Gross Covered Bridge

The Gross Covered Bridge is 100-foot (30 m) Burr Arch truss covered bridge in the census-designated place of Beaver Springs, Spring Township in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1997 and was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) in 1981.

Gross Covered Bridge
Coordinates	40°44′49″N 77°12′42.5″W
Crosses	tributary of Middle Creek
Locale	Spring, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States
Other name(s)	Klinepeter's, Overflow, Beaver Springs
Maintained by	Spring Township
NBI Number	547211181200060
Characteristics
Total length	100 ft (30 m)[1]
Width	17 ft (5.2 m)
Height	11.25 ft (3.43 m)
Load limit	5 short tons (4.5 t)
History
Constructed by	Davis Kitch
Built	1871
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	Covered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties TR
NRHP reference No.	77001194
Added to NRHP	August 29, 1977
Gross Covered Bridge Location of the Gross Covered Bridge in Pennsylvania

History

The covered bridge was built in 1871 and originally spanned Middle Creek north of Beaver Springs on Township Route 574. It was moved in 1982 to its present location on Township Route 427 in Beaver Springs, spanning a run-off channel that flows into Middle Creek.[2] The bridge was moved when a dam and resulting reservoir were created on the stream originally spanned by the bridge.[3]

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Snyder County, Pennsylvania

References

1. Federal Highway Administration National Bridge Inventory (2007). "Place Name: Spring (Township of), Pennsylvania; NBI Structure Number: 547211181200060; Facility Carried: Railroad Ave; Feature Intersected: Flood Channel". Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky). Retrieved April 16, 2009. Note: this is a formatted scrape of the 2006 official website, which can be found here for Pennsylvania: "PA06.txt". Federal Highway Administration. 2006. Retrieved April 16, 2009.
2. Evans, Benjamin D.; June R. Evans (2001). Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges: A complete guide. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 241. ISBN 0-8229-5764-7.
3. Conwill, Joseph D (2004). Covered Bridges across North America. St. Paul, MN: MBI. p. 103.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-67, "Gross Covered Bridge"
• "Covered Bridge Tour of Snyder County, PA" (PDF). Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Retrieved November 22, 2013.