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Thomas Ford or Thomas Station, Indiana County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-32-06#2
County: Indiana County
Township: Armstrong
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Thomas Ford or Thomas Station
Crosses: Crooked Creek
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 87'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1998
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 39.842
Longitude: W079 14.210
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.6 miles east of jct PA156 on PA56, then 0.6 miles left on 5 Points Rd. (SR4001), then 1.8 miles right on Creekside Rd. (SR4002) and 0.2 miles right on Thomas Covered Bridge Rd. (TR414). East of Selocta.

Thomas Ford or Thomas Station Bridge, Armstrong, Indiana County, PA. Built 1998
Bill Caswell Photo, July 7, 2009

Comments:
Notice for a covered lattice bridges was published in July 1879 and awarded to Amos Thomas for a bid of $545.00. The bridge was completed in November 1879. Oddly, the truss used only one supporting chord rather than two. The 1871 Atlas also has the site marked "Thomas Iron Ore". It had been closed in December 1995 and stood until dismantled in 1997 and replaced by a replica covered bridge in 1998. It was located in Armstrong Township about 200' west of the Washington Township border.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 149
Leathers, Dorie S., Country Crossings, Indiana County's Covered Bridges, The Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County, PA, 2008.
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, June 2007
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 115