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Kramer , Columbia County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-19-23#2
County: Columbia County
Township: Greenwood
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Kramer
Crosses: Mud Run
Truss type: Polygonal (Straight Timber) Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 56'
Roadway Width:
Built: 2007
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 07.274
Longitude: W076 25.926
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.7 miles south of PA2454 and main intersection in Rohrsburg on Rohrsburg Rd. (SR4041), then 0.5 miles right on Utt Rd. and 0.2 miles left on Turkey Path Rd. Southwest of Rohrsburg.

Kramer Bridge, Columbia County, PA. Built 2007
Bob Sheldon Photo, September 24, 2008

Kramer Bridge, Greenwood, Columbia County, PA. Built 2007
Bill Caswell Photo, October 9, 2010

Comments:
County #113. Per The Columbian (Bloomsburg), December 10, 1880, "Bridge near Alex. Kramer's in Greenwood. Report of viewers concurred in and a wooden brace covered bridge recommended by the grand jury." Per The Columbian (Bloomsburg), January 14, 1881, "BRIDGE LETTING. - Will be at the residence of Alexander Kramer's on Saturday, the 29th day of January, 1881, at 10 o'clock a.m. A bridge to be erected over Big Run, near Alexander Kramer's in Greenwood township. To be a wooden brace covered bridge, 40 feet long, 16 feet wide. Abutments to be built by contractor so as to admit of skewback 3 feet from top of wall plate. Plans and specifications can be seen at the Commissioner's office. The Comissioners reserve the right to let abutments and wood work separate, if desired. STEPHEN POHE, CHAS REICHART, A. B. HERRING, County Commissioners. Commissioners' Office, Bloomsburg, Pa., Jan. 8, '81. Attest: J. B. CASEY, Clerk."

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LXXXIII, No. 1, Winter 2025, page 6
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 109

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