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Rock, Schuylkill County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-54-02
County: Schuylkill County
Township: Washington
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Rock
Crosses: Lower Little Swatara Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 55'-5" overall, 45'-2" span
Roadway Width: 15'-6"
Built: 1870
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 32.680
Longitude: W076 17.702
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Directions: 4.6 miles east of jct PA501 on PA895, then 0.1 miles left on Newswanger Rd. About ½ mile east-northeast of the village of Rock.

Rock Bridge, Washington, Schuylkill County, PA. Built 1870
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Rock Bridge, Washington, Schuylkill County, PA. Built 1870
Bill Caswell Photo, October 11, 2004

Rock Bridge, Washington, Schuylkill County, PA. Built 1870
Bill Caswell Photo, December 13, 2019

Comments:
4-panel truss. Schuylkill County Bridge No. 113. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 3, 1978. Heavy metal guardrails were installed to protect the trusses sometime before 1982 (field study). The bridge was receiving repairs during the summer of 2014 designed by Larson Design Group and performed by Deblin, Inc.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 236

Travis, Dale. Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List, updated to 26 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 124-125
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, September 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 127

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