Lower Humbert Covered Bridge

The Lower Humbert Covered Bridge, or the Faidley Covered Bridge, is an 126-foot-6-inch (38.56 m) Burr Arch truss covered bridge that crosses Laurel Hill Creek, in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was built in 1891 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1980.[2] It is one of the ten remaining covered bridges in Somerset County.

Lower Humbert Covered Bridge
Coordinates	39°50′24.5″N 79°19′23″W
Carries	Township 312
Crosses	Laurel Hill Creek
Locale	Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Other name(s)	Faidley Covered Bridge
Maintained by	Somerset County
NBI Number	557213031230350
Characteristics
Total length	126.5 ft (38.6 m)[1]
Width	12.3 ft (3.7 m)[1]
Height	8 ft (2.4 m)
Load limit	3 short tons (2.7 t)[2]
History
Built	1891
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	Covered Bridges of Somerset County TR
NRHP reference No.	80003638
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1980
Lower Humbert Covered Bridge Location of the Lower Humbert Bridge in Pennsylvania

History

The covered bridge was built in 1891. It was rebuilt in 1991, with extensive reinforcement work done on the abutments.[2] A homemade explosive device caused minor damage to bridge deck in January 2006.[3]

See also

• List of covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

References

1. Federal Highway Administration National Bridge Inventory (2007). "Place Name: Lower Turkeyfoot(Township of), Pennsylvania; NBI Structure Number: 557213031230350; Facility Carried: T-390, Covered Bridge Rd; Feature Intersected: Laurel Hill Creek". Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky). Retrieved April 15, 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 15, 2009.
2. Evans, Benjamin D.; June R. Evans (2001). Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges: A complete guide. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 248. ISBN 0-8229-5764-7.
3. Associated Press (January 30, 2006). "Explosive causes minor damage to historic covered bridge". Centre Daily Times. State College, PA.