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Hewitt, Bedford County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-05-26
County: Bedford County
Township: Southampton
Town/Village: Southeast of Hewitt
Bridge Name: Hewitt
Crosses: Town or Twin Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 88' overall, 79' span
Roadway Width: 13'
Built: 1879
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 45.272
Longitude: W078 30.665
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Directions: 3.3 miles north of Maryland State line on PA326, then 0.4 miles right on Town Creek Rd. , then 0.2 miles left on Covered Bridge Rd. (T305). Southeast of Hewitt. About 6 miles south of Chaneysville.

Hewitt Bridge, Southampton, Bedford County, PA. Built 1879
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Hewitt Bridge, Southampton, Bedford County, PA. Built 1879
© Lisa Plamondon

Hewitt Bridge, Southampton, Bedford County, PA. Built 1879
Bill Caswell Photo, March 3, 2016

Comments:
County Bridge #29. 8-panel truss. It was rehabilitated in 2000. The contractor was Merit Contracting, Inc. and the engineering firm was P. Joseph Lehman, Inc. According to Lehman’s website, the entire structure was taken apart, each timber and span numbered, and every piece that could be reused for the rehabilitation was reassembled in the new bridge. Because of the superior craftsmanship employed on the original bridge, 80% of the original structure members were able to be used for the rehabilitation. A steel reinforced under span was also put in place. A 1983 flood washed away a stone and mortar abutment, so both abutments were replaced in the rehabilitation with cement and stone facing to recreate the appearance of the original bridge. The total construction cost of the project was $617,000.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 34
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 76-77
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, September 2007
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 100

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