Grimes Covered Bridge
Grimes Covered Bridge | |
Location | Off Pennsylvania Route 221 at the crossing of Ruff Creek, north of Waynesburg, Washington Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°57′16″N 80°9′35″W / 39.95444°N 80.15972°WCoordinates: 39°57′16″N 80°9′35″W / 39.95444°N 80.15972°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Architectural style | Kingpost truss |
MPS | Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79003820[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1979 |
Grimes Covered Bridge was a historic wooden covered bridge located in Washington Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was a 31.75-foot-long (9.68 m), King post truss bridge with a tin covered gable roof, constructed in 1888. It crossed . As of October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges in Greene County.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] In November 1992, it was destroyed in a fire.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher and Charlotte K. Lane (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Grimes Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ^ "Grimes, Greene County". Lostbridges.org. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1888
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- King post truss bridges in the United States
- Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania bridge (structure) stubs