Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge

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Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge
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Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge, December 2009
Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge
LocationNorth of Lewisville on Township 307 near West Grove, Elk Township and New London Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°44′45″N 75°52′57″W / 39.74583°N 75.88250°W / 39.74583; -75.88250Coordinates: 39°44′45″N 75°52′57″W / 39.74583°N 75.88250°W / 39.74583; -75.88250
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
Built byMeanander Wood, Richard T. Meredith
Architectural styleBurr truss
MPSCovered Bridges of Chester County TR
NRHP reference No.80003473[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1980

Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge was a historic wooden covered bridge located in Elk Township and New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was an 80-foot-long (24 m) Burr truss bridge, constructed in 1880. It had vertical planking and eave-level window openings. It crossed .[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

The Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge was destroyed by remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 1, 2021. Pieces of the bridge washed ashore and dammed at the Chesterville Road/Route 841 bridge over Big Elk Creek.

References[]

  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" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher (July 1980). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-22.


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