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Lyle, Washington County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-63-21
County: Washington County
Township: Hanover
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Lyle
Crosses: Brush Run
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 40' overall, 35' span
Roadway Width:
Built: 1887
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 27.255
Longitude: W080 22.531
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Directions: 1.0 miles northwest of Bavington Exit off US22 on Steubenville Pike (SR257) and 2.6 miles right on Kramer Rd. East-northeast of Florence.

Lyle Bridge, Hanover, Washington County, PA
Greg McDuffee Photo, October 23, 2015

Lyle Bridge, Hanover, Washington County, PA
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Lyle Bridge, Hanover, Washington County, PA
Greg McDuffee Photo, October 23, 2015

Comments:
Like many Washington County Bridges, this one has vertical siding painted red inside and out with an opening near the top. There are three rectangular windows on each side. The bridge had been supported by two timber trestles, but now sits atop six steel I-beams. According to a covered bridge booklet put out by the Washington County Planning Commission, maintenance records for the bridge date back to 1915, so it’s been standing at least since then. It is a single span Queenpost Truss with an overall length of 40', a clear span of 35' and a 12' roadway. (Falk) Owned by the county.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 283
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 136-137
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, May 2008
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 133

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