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Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121 
Summary
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.
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 |
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.