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The Feltons Mill Covered Bridge is a historic wooden
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 ...
located at East Providence Township in
Bedford County, Pennsylvania Bedford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,577. The county seat is Bedford. History In 1750 Robert MacRay, a Scots-Irish immigrant, opened the first trading post in Raystown (w ...
. It is a ,
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 with a medium pitched gable roof, constructed in 1892. It crosses
Brush Creek A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped durin ...
. It is one of 15 historic covered bridges in Bedford County. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1980.


See also

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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Bridges See also * List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania Notes Refe ...


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* {{NRHP bridges Covered bridges in Bedford County, Pennsylvania Bridges in Bedford County, Pennsylvania Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1892 1892 establishments in Pennsylvania Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bedford County, Pennsylvania Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania Burr Truss bridges in the United States