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Krepps, Washington County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-63-19
County: Washington County
Township: Mount Pleasant
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Krepps
Crosses: Raccoon Creek
Truss type: King
Spans: 1
Length: 31' overall, 24' span
Roadway Width: 13'-3"
Built: 1887 (Mc1954)
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 20.451
Longitude: W080 19.861
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Directions: 1.0 miles east of PA18 on PA50 west of Hickory, then 0.4 miles left on Wabash Ave., then 3.3 miles right at Y on Water Dam Rd. and 100 feet left on Covered Bridge Rd.

Krepp Bridge, Mount Pleasant, Washington County, PA
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Comments:
County Bridge #33. Like many Washington County Bridges, this one has vertical siding painted red inside and out. There are two windows on each side near the portals. It receives additional reinforcement from a wooden support in the streambed. Owned by the county. The bridge used to cross Cherry Run on Water Dam Rd. until being relocated and replaced by a new structure was built.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 279
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 134-135
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, May 2008
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 133