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The Barronvale Bridge, also known as Barron's Mill Bridge, is a historic
covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
at Middlecreek Township, in
Somerset County, Pennsylvania Somerset County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania German: ''Somerset Kaundi'') is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the po ...
crossing
Laurel Hill Creek Laurel Hill Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Casselman River that is located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in the United ...
. At it is the longest remaining covered bridge in Somerset County. It is wide. The
Burr truss The Burr Arch Truss—or, simply, Burr Truss or Burr Arch—is a combination of an arch and a ''multiple kingpost'' truss design. It was invented in 1804 by Theodore Burr, patented on April 3, 1817, and used in bridges, usually covered bridges ...
bridge was built in 1902, and is one of 10 covered bridges in Somerset County., page 17. ''Note:'' This includes


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{{NRHP bridges Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1902 Bridges in Somerset County, Pennsylvania Covered bridges in Somerset County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Pennsylvania Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania Burr Truss bridges in the United States