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Beavertown or G. Dreese's, Snyder County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-55-02
County: Snyder County
Township: Beaver
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Beavertown or G. Dreese's
Crosses: Middle Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 105'
Roadway Width: 14'
Built: 1872
Builder: Moses Specht and Michael Ewing
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 46.529
Longitude: W077 08.708
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.6 miles east of Center St. in Beavertown on US522, then left (north) 1.0 miles on Covered Bridge Rd. (TR600). About 100' upstream of the roadway bridge.

Beavertown or G. Dreese's Bridge, Beaver, Snyder County, PA. Built c1870
Fred Yenerall Collection (1964)

Beavertown or G. Dreese's Bridge, Beaver, Snyder County, PA. Built c1870
Fred Yenerall Photo (1957)

Beavertown or G. Dreese's Bridge, Beaver, Snyder County, PA. Built c1870
© Lisa Plamondon

Beavertown or G. Dreese's Bridge, Beaver, Snyder County, PA. Built c1870
Bill Caswell Photo, May 4, 2015

Beavertown or G. Dreese's Bridge, Beaver, Snyder County, PA. Built c1870
Gloria Smedley Photo, October 15, 2020

Comments:
Closed. 10-panel truss. Cost $1784.00 Per The Selinsgrove Times-Tribune, July 21, 1871, "NOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDERS. - NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Commissioners of Snyder County, will meet at the house of MOSES SPECHT, in Beavertown, on SATURDAY, the 22nd day of JULY, inst., between the hours of 10 o'clock A.M. and 1 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of receiving proposals for the ERECTION OF A NEW BRIDGE across Middlecreek, at or near George Dreese's, in Beaver Township, as directed by Act of Assembly, approved May 11th, 1871. Said Bridge to be about 96 feet in length, (of two spans of 48 feet or thereabout), with Abutments and one Pier, and to be erected on the same plan of the Bridge at or near Samuel Winters' in Beaver township, with a good roof of No. 1 sawed Shingles. Specifications may be seen at the time and place of letting. No bids from any person or parties outside of the county will be received or considered. JOHN J. MATTERN, ISAAC S. LONGACRE, PHILIP KINNEY, Commissioners'. Commissioners' Office, Middleburg, July 10, 1871." The information implies that a covered bridge was located at Samuel Winters' as well.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 240
The Selinsgrove Times-Tribune, July 21, 1871, p.3.
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 126-127
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pennsylvania. Wooden Covered Spans, Volume 29, number 2, Summer 2006, page 8
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 127

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