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Snooks, Bedford County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-05-23
County: Bedford County
Township: East St. Clair
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Snooks
Crosses: Dunnings Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 80'-5" overall, 75' span
Roadway Width: 12'-5"
Built: 1880
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 10.154
Longitude: W078 34.776
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Directions: 1.4 miles southeast of jct PA96 on PA56, then 0.5 miles left on Ridge Market Rd. (T554) and just left on Fish Hatchery Rd. East-southeast of Pleasantville.
Comments: 8-panel truss.

Snooks Bridge, East St. Clair, Bedford County, PA. Built 1880
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 39
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 16, 78-79
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, September 2007
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 100

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