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Klinepeter's or Gross or Overflow (relocated), Snyder County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-55-03
County: Snyder County
Township: Spring
Town/Village: Beaver Springs
Bridge Name: Klinepeter's or Gross or Overflow (relocated)
Crosses: Tributary of Middle Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 102'
Roadway Width: 16'
Built: 1871 (M1981)
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 44.817
Longitude: W077 12.705
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 220 feet west of jct PA235 on US522/PA235 (Beaver Ave.), then 260 feet left on Spring St. (SR3012), then 430 feet right on Railroad Ave.

Klinepeter's or Gross or Overflow Bridge (original location), Beaver Springs, Snyder County, PA. Built 1871 (1981)
Fred Yenerall Photo (1957)

Klinepeter's or Gross or Overflow Bridge (relocated), Beaver Springs, Snyder County, PA. Built 1871 (Moved 1981)
Gloria Smedley Photo, October 15, 2020

Klinepeter's or Gross or Overflow Bridge (relocated), Beaver Springs, Snyder County, PA. Built 1871 (Moved 1981)
Bill Caswell Photo, May 4, 2015

Comments:
Moved 1981. 10-panel truss. The old site in Spring Township was abandoned along with most of the road from the bridge site south to Route 522.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 241
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 126-127
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pennsylvania. Wooden Covered Spans, Volume 29, number 2, Summer 2006, page 7
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 128

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