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North Oriental or Curry's Corner or Beaver, Juniata County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-34-05 / PA-55-05
County: Juniata County / Snyder County
Township: Susquehanna - Perry
Town/Village: Meiserville
Bridge Name: North Oriental or Curry's Corner or Beaver
Crosses: West Branch Mahantango Creek
Truss type: Multiple King & Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 68'-6" overall
Roadway Width: 12'-6"
Built: 1908
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 39.711
Longitude: W077 00.673
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.0 miles north of jct US11/15 on PA104, then 3.0 miles left on Klinger Hollow Rd. (SR2026) to Oriental and 2.4 miles right on Turkey Valley Rd. (SR2023).

North Oriental or Curry's Corner or Beaver Bridge, Susquehanna-Perry, Juniata County, PA. Built 1908
Bill Caswell Photo, July 26, 2013

North Oriental or Curry's Corner or Beaver Bridge, Susquehanna-Perry, Juniata County, PA. Built 1908
George Rothlingshofer Photo, May 30, 2020

North Oriental or Curry's Corner or Beaver Bridge, Susquehanna-Perry, Juniata County, PA. Built 1908
Gloria Smedley Photo, October 15, 2020

Comments:
8-panel truss. Saint Thomas Road is SR3001 - LR54004 in Snyder County and SR2023 - LR34012 in Juniata County. Rebuilt 1987.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 156
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pennsylvania. Wooden Covered Spans, Volume 29, number 2, Summer 2006, page 7
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 115

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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