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Glessner Bridge

Coordinates: 40°1′33″N 78°55′16″W / 40.02583°N 78.92111°W / 40.02583; -78.92111
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Glessner Bridge
Glessner Bridge, July 2012
Glessner Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Glessner Bridge
Location in Pennsylvania
Glessner Bridge is located in the United States
Glessner Bridge
Location in United States
LocationNorthwest of Shanksville off Legislative Route 55068, Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°1′33″N 78°55′16″W / 40.02583°N 78.92111°W / 40.02583; -78.92111
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1881
Built byTobias Glessner
Architectural styleKingpost truss
MPSCovered Bridges of Somerset County TR
NRHP reference No.80003631[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1980

The Glessner Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1881, and is a 90-foot-long (27 m), multiple Kingpost truss bridge, with half-height plank siding and a tin covered gable roof. The bridge crosses Stonycreek River. It is one of 10 covered bridges in Somerset County.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2011. Note: This includes Herb Berman and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Somerset County Thematic Resources (Glessner Bridge)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2011.