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Banks, Lawrence County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-37-02
County: Lawrence County
Township: Wilmington
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Banks
Crosses: Neshannock Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 134'
Roadway Width: 15'
Built: 1889
Builder: Samuel Anderson
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 05.499
Longitude: W080 17.244
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Directions: 1.4 miles northwest of jct PA168 on PA956. then 0.2 miles right on Covered Bridge Rd. Northeast of Neshannock Falls.
Comments:

Banks Bridge, Wilmington, Lawrence County, PA. Built 1889
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Banks Bridge, Wilmington, Lawrence County, PA. Built 1889
Brian McKee / R. Tomlinson Collection

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 187
Information received by email from Bob Brown on July 13, 2015
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 8, 112-113
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, May 2008
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 120

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