| Inventory Number: | PA/38-49-02 | | County: | Northumberland County | | Township: | Upper Augusta | | Town/Village: | Snydertown | | Bridge Name: | Keefer Station | | Crosses: | Shamokin Creek | | Truss type: | Burr | | Spans: | 1 | | Length: | 95'-10" overall | | Roadway Width: | 14' | | Built: | 1888 | | Builder: | George W. Keefer | | When Lost: | standing | | Cause: | | | Latitude: | N40 52.244 | | Longitude: | W076 43.395 | | See a map of the area
Topographic map of the area | | Directions: | 0.4 miles east of jct PA890 on PA61, then 0.8 miles left on Black Mill Rd. (SR4009), then 1.7 miles straight ahead at Y before railroad crossing on Sawmill Rd. and 0.3 miles left on Mill Rd. 5 miles east of Sunbury. | | Comments: | County #83. Cost $882.00. 10-panel truss. It was rebuilt in 1986. |
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Keefer Station Bridge, Upper Augusta, Northumberland County, PA. Built 1888
Jenn Caswell Photo, May 4, 2015
Keefer Station Bridge, Upper Augusta, Northumberland County, PA. Built 1888
© Lisa Plamondon
Keefer Station Bridge, Upper Augusta, Northumberland County, PA. Built 1888
Bill Caswell Photo, May 4, 2015
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Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 210
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, April 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 123 |