The Pine Valley Covered Bridge, also known as the Iron Hill Bridge, is an historic, American, wooden covered bridge that is located in New Britain Borough, near Doylestown in Bucks County,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. It crosses Pine Run Creek near

Peace Valley Park Peace Valley Park is a 1,500 acre (6 km²) park located near Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County Park System. The park surrounds Lake Galena (Pennsylvania), Lake G ...

, and 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 v ...

on December 1, 1980.

History and architectural features

This

town truss A lattice bridge is a form of truss bridge that uses many small, closely spaced diagonal elements forming a latticework, lattice. The lattice Truss Bridge was patented in 1820 by architect Ithiel Town. Originally a design to allow a substantial br ...

bridge, which measures in length, was built by David Sutton in 1842 at a cost of $5553.50. ''Note:'' This includes That amount is equal to $ today. Posted for years with a height restriction of 11'6" (3.5 meters), it was reposted in 2007 to 9'4" (2.85 meters) after an

overheight truck In road transport, an oversize load (or overweight load) is a load that exceeds the standard or ordinary legal size and/or weight limits for a truck to convey on a specified portion of road, highway, or other transport infrastructure, such as ...

passed through it and damaged the roof.Article about truck damaging bridge
Retrieved 2012-06-06 It carries a posted weight rating of . This bridge was added to the

on December 1, 1980.

References

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