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The King's Bridge is a historic
The King's 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 ...
in Middlecreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Somerset County (Pennsylvania German: ''Somerset Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,129. Its county seat is Somerset. The county was created from part of Bedford County on A ...
. It was built in 1802, and 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 bridge ...
bridge, with an asbestos covered gable roof. The bridge crosses 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 ...
. It is one of 10 covered bridges in Somerset County. ''Note:'' This includes
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 ...
in 1980.
See also
*List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
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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
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References
External links
* Covered bridges in Somerset County, Pennsylvania Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1806 Bridges in Somerset County, Pennsylvania Historic American Engineering Record in 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 {{Pennsylvania-bridge-struct-stub