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Pine Valley or Iron Hill or Black, Bucks County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-09-12
County: Bucks County
Township: Doylestown - New Britain
Town/Village: Doylestown - New Britain
Bridge Name: Pine Valley or Iron Hill or Black
Crosses: Pine Run
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 81'-10"
Roadway Width: 17'-8"
Built: 1842
Builder: David Sutton
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 18.316
Longitude: W075 11.239
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 2.0 miles west of PA611 on US202 Business, then 0.5 miles right Keeley Ave. North of New Britain.

Pine Valley or Iron Hill Bridge, Doylestown-New Britain, Bucks County, PA. Built 1842
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Pine Valley or Iron Hill Bridge, Doylestown-New Britain, Bucks County, PA. Built 1842
© Lisa Plamondon

Pine Valley or Iron Hill Bridge, Doylestown-New Britain, Bucks County, PA. Built 1842
Bill Caswell Photo, May 18, 2012

Pine Valley or Iron Hill Bridge, Doylestown-New Britain, Bucks County, PA Built 1842
Bucknell University: Nelson F. Davis Covered Bridges Photograph Collection, July 22, 1937

Comments:
Cost $5,553.00. The upstream side of the bridge is in Doylestown Township, while the downstream side on the northern end is in New Britain Township and the downstream side on the southern end is within the boundries of the town of New Britain.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 59
Travis, Dale. Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List, updated to 26 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 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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