Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120
Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120 | |
 East Paden Covered Bridge (with its western twin) in 1982 | |
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| Location | Pennsylvania Route 371, south of Catawissa, Fishing Creek Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 41°6′25″N 76°21′25″W / 41.10694°N 76.35694°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architect | Peter Ent |
| Architectural style | Queen Post |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003180[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 29, 1979 |
The Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120 is an historic, American, wooden, covered bridge that is located in Fishing Creek Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
History and architectural features
This historic structure is a 75-foot-long (23 m), Burr Truss bridge, with a sheet metal roof. Erected in 1850, it crosses the Huntington Creek and is one of twenty-eight historic covered bridges that are located in Columbia and Montour Counties. It is a twin of the Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "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 Bill Pennesi and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-19.
