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Inventory Number: PA/38-19-14
County: Columbia County
Township: Locust
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Snyder
Crosses: Roaring Creek, North Branch
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 60'-2", 56' span
Roadway Width: 14'-9"
Built: 1876
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 54.076
Longitude: W076 23.668
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Directions: 3.6 miles southeast of jct PA487 on PA42, then 1.3 miles left on Ideal Park Rd. (becomes Mill Rd.) (SR2001) and 140 feet left on Rarig Rd. (TR360). East-southeast of Slabtown, 5 miles southeast of Catawissa.
Comments: County #17.

Snyder Bridge, Locust, PA. Built 1876
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Snyder Bridge, Locust, PA. Built 1876
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Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 114
Travis, Dale. Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List, updated to 26 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, May 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 108

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