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Alexander Kramer's, Columbia County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-19-23x
County: Columbia County
Township: Greenwood
Town/Village: Rohrsburg
Bridge Name: Alexander Kramer's
Crosses: Mud Run
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 40' span, 50' overall
Roadway Width: 13'-8"
Built: 1881
Builder: C.W. Eves
When Lost: 2007
Cause: Rebuilt/Replaced
Latitude: N41 07.27
Longitude: W076 25.93
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.7 miles south of PA2454 and main intersection in Rohrsburg on CR4041, then 0.5 miles right on TR595 and 0.2 miles left on Turkey Path Rd. (TR572). Southwest of Rohrsburg.

Kramer Bridge, Greenwood, Columbia County, PA. Built 1881 Rebuilt 2007
Tom and Linda Burns Photo, April 20, 1986

Comments:
County #113. Cost $414.50. 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:
The Columbian (Bloomsburg), January 14, 1881, p.2.
The Columbian (Bloomsburg), December 10, 1880, p.3.
Travis, Dale. Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List, updated to 26 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, May 2006

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