The St. Mary's Covered Bridge, also known as Shade Gap Covered Bridge and Huntingdon County Bridge No. 8, is a historic wooden
covered bridge located at
Cromwell Township in
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a ,
Howe truss
A Howe truss is a truss bridge consisting of chords, verticals, and diagonals whose vertical members are in tension and whose diagonal members are in compression. The Howe truss was invented by William Howe in 1840, and was widely used as a bridg ...
bridge with cut stone abutments, constructed in 1889. It crosses the
Shade Creek and is the only remaining covered bridge in Huntingdon County.
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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.
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Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Covered bridges in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Bridges completed in 1889
Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
Bridges in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Howe truss bridges in the United States