Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121
Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121 | |
 The original West Paden Covered Bridge in 1982 | |
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| Location | Pennsylvania Route 371, south of Catawissa, Fishing Creek Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 41°6′25″N 76°21′25″W / 41.10694°N 76.35694°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Built by | Peter Ent |
| Architectural style | Burr Truss-Arch |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003179[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 29, 1979 |
The Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121 is an historic, American, wooden, covered bridge that is located in Fishing Creek Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
History and architectural features[edit]
This historic structure is a 112-foot-long (34 m), Burr Truss bridge. Erected in 1850, it crosses the Huntington Creek and is one of twenty-eight historic covered bridges that are located in Columbia and Montour Counties. It is a twin of the Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] The bridge was destroyed in a flood on June 28, 2006; an identical replacement was subsequently built and dedicated on October 15, 2008.[3]
Gallery[edit]
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Interior, West Paden Covered Bridge, May 2014 -
West Paden Covered Bridge, May 2014
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Bill Pennesi and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-19.
- ^ Robert Parks (November 2010). "Trials and Tribulations of a Historic Pair of Covered Bridges" (PDF). Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Columbia County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1850
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Burr Truss bridges in the United States
- Buildings and structures destroyed by flooding
- Rebuilt buildings and structures in the United States