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Loux or Loux Mill Ford, Bucks County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-09-11
County: Bucks County
Township: Bedminster - Plumstead
Town/Village: Pipersville
Bridge Name: Loux or Loux Mill Ford
Crosses: Cabin Run Creek
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 90' overall, 86'-3" span
Roadway Width: 15'-8"
Built: 1874
Builder: David Sutton
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 25.380
Longitude: W075 07.663
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Directions: 0.4 miles south of PA611 on PA413, then 1.2 miles left on Dark Hollow Rd. and 0.6 miles right on Carversville Rd. East of Pipersville.
Comments: According to the Henry C. Falk files, the clearance was 12' 3" in 1953 and 11' 9" in the mid 1980s.

Loux or Loux Mill Ford Bridge, Bedminster-Plumstead, Bucks County, PA. Built 1874
Todd Clark Collection


Loux or Loux Mill Ford Bridge, Bedminster-Plumstead, Bucks County, PA. Built 1874
Bill Caswell Photo, January 21, 2019


Loux or Loux Mill Ford Bridge, Bedminster-Plumstead, Bucks County, PA. Built 1874
Bill Caswell Photo, May 14, 2012


Loux or Loux Mill Ford Bridge, Bedminster-Plumstead, Bucks County, PA. Built 1874
Bill Caswell Photo, May 14, 2012

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 56
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 22, 82-83
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, November 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 103

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