Buttonwood Covered Bridge
Buttonwood Covered Bridge | |
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| File:Buttonwood Covered Bridge from US15.jpg Buttonwood Covered Bridge and Blockhouse Creek, as seen from the northbound lane of US 15 | |
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| Carries | Township 816 |
| Crosses | Blockhouse Creek |
| Locale | Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Official name | Buttonwood Covered Bridge |
| Named for | village of Buttonwood |
| Maintained by | Lycoming County |
| NBI Number | 417215081601110 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | National Register of Historic Places |
| Total length | 74.2 ft (22.6 m)[1] |
| Width | 14.4 ft (4.4 m)[2] |
| Height | 10.7 ft (3.3 m) |
| Load limit | 3 tons (2.7 t) |
| History | |
| Built | 1878 or 1898 |
Buttonwood Covered Bridge | |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Bradford, Sullivan and Lycoming Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003569 |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1980 |
| Location | |
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The Buttonwood Covered Bridge is a covered bridge built in either 1878 or 1898 over Blockhouse Creek in Jackson Township, Lycoming County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It uses a queen post with king post truss and is 74 feet 2 inches (22.6 m) long. The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and had a major restoration in 1998. It is the shortest and most heavily used of the three covered bridges remaining in Lycoming County.[3]
Dimensions
[edit | edit source]The following table is a comparison of published measurements of length, width and load recorded in different sources using different methods, as well as the structural type cited. The NBI measures bridge length between the "backwalls of abutments" or pavement grooves and the roadway width as "the most restrictive minimum distance between curbs or rails".[1] The NRHP form measures length from "end post to end post", and was prepared by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), which surveyed county engineers, historical and covered bridge societies, and others for all the covered bridges in the commonwealth.[2][4] The Evans visited every covered bridge in Pennsylvania in 2001 and measured each bridge's length (portal to portal) and width (at the portal) for their book.[5] The data in Zacher's book was based on a 1991 survey of all covered bridges in Pennsylvania by the PHMC and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, aided by local government and private agencies.[6] The article uses primarily the NBI and NRHP data, as they are national programs.
| Length feet (m) |
Width feet (m) |
Load short tons (MT) |
Truss type(s) |
Year built |
Source (Year) |
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| 77 feet 6 inches (23.6 m) | 16 feet 6 inches (5.0 m) | 3.0 short tons (2.7 t) | Queen post | 1878 | Landis (1966)[7] |
| 74 feet 2 inches (22.6 m) | 14 feet 5 inches (4.4 m) | 11 short tons (10.0 t) | Wood or Timber | Pre-1900 | NBI (2009)[1] |
| 63 feet 6 inches (19.4 m) | 14 feet 5 inches (4.4 m) | 3.0 short tons (2.7 t) | Multiple kingpost and queenpost Burr arch[8] |
1898 | NRHP (1980)[2] |
| 74 feet 4 inches (22.7 m) | 15 feet 8.5 inches (4.8 m) | NA | Queenpost with kingpost | 1898 | Evans (2001)[5] |
| 57 feet (17.4 m) | 14 feet 5 inches (4.4 m) | NA | Burr | 1898 | Zacher (1994)[6] |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Note: the Buttonwood Covered Bridge NRHP nomination materials on CRGIS contain two earlier surveys, the individual NRHP nomination form for the bridge, and the Thematic Resources (Multiple Properties Submission) form for the seven remaining covered bridges in Lycoming, Sullivan and Bradford Counties. One undated survey refers to its truss as "M. King & Queen", while the other makes no mention of truss type. Both NRHP forms mistakenly describe the bridge as a Burr Arch truss.
External links
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- Covered bridges in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1898
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Tourist attractions in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- 1898 establishments in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Queen post truss bridges in the United States