Danley Covered Bridge
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The Danley Covered Bridge is a historic
Queen post A queen post is a tension member in a truss that can span longer openings than a king post truss. A king post uses one central supporting post, whereas the queen post truss uses two. Even though it is a tension member, rather than a compression m ...
truss A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure. In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembl ...
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 ...
in West Finley, Pennsylvania. It is designated as a historic bridge by the
Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation is a non-profit educational institution in Washington, Pennsylvania. Its purpose is to encourage and assist the preservation of historic structures in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The foundatio ...
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{{Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Covered bridges in Washington County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Pennsylvania Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania Queen post truss bridges in the United States