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Felton's Mill or Felten's, Bedford County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-05-03
County: Bedford County
Township: East Providence
Town/Village: Southwest of Breezewood
Bridge Name: Felton's Mill or Felten's
Crosses: Brush Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 106'-5" overall, 100' span
Roadway Width: 12'
Built: 1892
Builder: possibly W.S. Mullin
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 58.382
Longitude: W078 17.324
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.9 miles south of I-70 (Exit 149) on S. Breezewood Rd., then 1.7 miles right on Brush Creek Rd. (CR2024), then 0.8 miles straight onto E. Mattie Rd. (CR2029) to the bridge 280 feet right of the road behind the memorial church.

Felton's Mill, Felten's Bridge, East Providence, Bedford County, PA. Built 1892
Clint Frackman Photo (October 2007)

Felton's Mill, Felten's Bridge, East Providence, Bedford County, PA. Built 1892
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Comments:
Closed, private. 12-panel truss. "It was built in 1892, and I have the name W.S. Mullin as the builder, but could never confirm this. It was slated to be torn down in 1962, but was saved and I understand it was turned over to the county. It is now bypassed and could be missed, as it is overgrown with weeds and brush and is slowly rotting away." (Falk) It is about 285' upstream from the bridge that bypassed it on East Mattie Road (SR2029 - LR05021).

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 28
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 78-79
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, September 2007
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 98

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