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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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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.
Comments: Closed. 10-panel truss. Cost $1784.00

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
Bill Caswell Photo, May 4, 2015

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

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 240
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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