Frankenfield Covered Bridge
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The Frankenfield Covered Bridge is a 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 ...
that spans Tinicum Creek in Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania,
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. The bridge is located in
Bucks County Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 646,538, making it the fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Doylestown. The county is named after the English ...
on Cafferty Road about southeast of Headquarters Road, near Vansant Airport, and a similar distance northwest of East Dark Hollow Road, near Palisades School District. Hollow Horn Road branches off from Cafferty Road a short distance from the south end of the span and goes south. It was built in 1872, and is a town truss bridge constructed of oak. ''Note:'' This includes The sign on the Frankenfield covered bridge states that the structure is long with a clearance of . It was added to 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 ...
on December 1, 1980.


Gallery

Frankenfield Covered Bridge Sign.jpg, Sign on the bridge


References

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