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Sprowl's, Washington County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-63-03
County: Washington County
Township: East Finley
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Sprowl's
Crosses: Rocky Run
Truss type: King
Spans: 1
Length: 35' overall, 27'-6" span
Roadway Width: 12'-7"
Built: 1875
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 00.648
Longitude: W080 24.407
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Directions: 1.5 miles southeast of PA23 and East Finley on Rocky Run Rd. (SR3035) then 170 feet left on Newland School Rd.

Sprowl's Bridge, East Finley, Washington County, PA. Built 1875
© Lisa Plamondon

Sprowl's Bridge, East Finley, Washington County, PA. Built 1875
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Sprowl's Bridge, East Finley, Washington County, PA. Built 1875
Jenn Caswell Photo, July 27, 2014

Sprowl's Bridge, East Finley, Washington County, PA. Built 1875
Bill Caswell Photo, July 27, 2014

Comments:
Like many Washington County Bridges, this one has vertical siding painted red inside and out with an opening at the eaves. There are two rectangular windows on each side near the portals. When Ben & June Evans visited in the late summer of 2000, the bridge was closed due to damage from mining operations in the area. The truss structure was severely twisted and there were wide cracks in the abutments. The mining company was supposed to restore the bridge after completing its blasting operations later that year.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 291
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 132-133
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, May 2008
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 131

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