Book's Covered Bridge


Book's Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Books Bridge, October 2010
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Location	Southwest of Blain on Legislative Route 50004, Jackson Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°19′28″N 77°31′29″W / 40.32444°N 77.52472°W / 40.32444; -77.52472
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1884
Architectural style	Burr
MPS	Covered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties TR
NRHP reference No.	80003592^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 25, 1980

The Book's Covered Bridge, also known as Kaufman Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Jackson Township near Blain in Perry County, Pennsylvania. It is a 70-foot-long (21 m) Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1884. It crosses Shermans Creek.^[2]

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Pennsylvania
Historic districts	Little Buffalo Historic District Newport Historic District
Other properties	Adairs Covered Bridge Bistline Covered Bridge Book's Covered Bridge Bridge in Newport Borough Dellville Covered Bridge Dunbar-Creigh House Fleisher Covered Bridge Kochendefer Covered Bridge Israel and Samuel Lupfer Tannery Site and House Millersburg Ferry Mt. Pleasant Covered Bridge New Germantown Covered Bridge O'Donel House and Farm Perry County Courthouse Red Covered Bridge Rice Covered Bridge Rockville Bridge Saville Covered Bridge Waggoner Covered Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Perry County, Pennsylvania and List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania