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Lippencott or Cox Farm, Greene County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-30-25#2x
County: Greene County
Township: Morgan
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Lippencott or Cox Farm
Crosses: Ruff Creek
Truss type: King
Spans: 1
Length: 32' overall, 27'-9" span
Roadway Width: 15'
Built: 1943
Builder: Greene County Roads and Bridges Department
When Lost: 2013
Cause: Rebuilt/Replaced
Latitude: N39 56.59
Longitude: W080 07.55
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Directions: 2.0 miles northwest of jct PA188 on PA21 then just left on Woodies Rd. (T568). West-northwest of Lippincott.

Lippencott or Cox Farm Bridge, Morgan, PA. Built 1943
© Lisa Plamondon

Comments:
County Bridge #23. The first covered bridge at this location was washed away during the winter of 1942/1943. Due to World War II steel shortages, it was replaced with a new covered bridge in 1943. In 2012 Greene County received a grant from the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program for $650,000 to “replace deteriorated timbers and install steel beams to keep this historic bridge in a state of good repair and to allow it to continue to carry vehicular traffic.” Unfortunately, a decision was made to completely replace the bridge. In September 2013, a worker at the site indicated that “no parts of the previous bridge were used to rebuild this bridge.” The latest bridge was completed by the end of 2013. It is oriented northeast to southwest on a slight angle to the road, which is aligned north to south.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 136
Charleroi Mail, July 22, 1943, page 6
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, March 2008
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2009, page 112
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Crossings, Volume 38, number 2, Winter 2015, page 14

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