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Academia or Pomeroy, Juniata County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-34-01
County: Juniata County
Township: Beale - Spruce Hill
Town/Village: Southeast of Academia
Bridge Name: Academia or Pomeroy
Crosses: Tuscarora Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 2
Length: 278'
Roadway Width: 15'-6"
Built: 1902
Builder: James M. Groninger
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 29.620
Longitude: W077 28.348
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 2.3 miles west-southwest of jct PA74 on PA75, then 1.7 miles right on Spruce Hill Rd. (SR3013) and 0.1 miles right on Covered Bridge Rd. (TR338). Park and walk 90 feet west to bridge. Southeast edge of Academia.

Academia or Pomeroy Bridge, Beale-Spruce Hill, Juniata County, PA. Built 1902
Clint Frackman Collection, October 2007

Academia or Pomeroy Bridge, Beale-Spruce Hill, Juniata County, PA. Built 1902
Bob Sheldon Photo, June 14, 2009

Academia or Pomeroy Bridge, Beale-Spruce Hill, Juniata County, PA. Built 1902
Bill Caswell Photo, May 3, 2015

Academia or Pomeroy Bridge, Beale-Spruce Hill, Juniata County, PA. Built 1902
Thomas G. Kipphorn Photo, February 8, 2023

Comments:
18-panel truss. It was built by James M. Groninger in 1902 to replace an earlier bridge (not known if covered) that was damaged by ice and flood in March, 1901. The bridge is now owned by the Juniata County Historical Society. Sometime after 1912 (1912 Type 10 Map), but before 1941 (1941 Type 10 Map), this was Route 437. By 1941, it was Route 535 and now it is SR3013. The covered bridge stands about 360' upstream from the new bridge on T338 (1990 Type 10 Map), which is unnamed on any source maps, at the base of a "T" intersection with Mill Road. Until it was bypassed in 1962, Route 535 crossed the bridge westward and turned north, while a left turn started T336. Now all of Mill Road is T336. Restoration of the bridge and construction of a park around it was designed by P. Joseph Lehman, Inc. and completed in May 2009.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 152
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, page 20
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, November 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 115

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