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Mays or Blaney, Washington County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-63-23
County: Washington County
Township: Donegal
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Mays or Blaney
Crosses: Middle Branch of Wheeling Creek
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 40' overall, 31'-6" span
Roadway Width: 11'-10"
Built: 1882
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 05.294
Longitude: W080 29.248
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.3 miles right of I-70 (Exit 1) on Old Brick Rd. (becomes Maple Ave.), then 0.3 miles right on Main St. over highway and 1.4 miles right on Lynn St. (becomes Waynesburg Rd.). Southeast of West Alexander.

Blaney \May Bridge, Donegal, PA. Built 1882
© Lisa Plamondon

Mays or Blaney Bridge, Donegal, Washington County, PA. Built 1882
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 top. There are two rectangular windows on each side near the portals. The bridge is reinforced by two timber supports in the streambed. It is owned by the county.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 285
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 134

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