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Cochranton, Crawford County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-20-04x
County: Crawford County
Township: East Fairfield - Fairfield
Town/Village: near Cochranton
Bridge Name: Cochranton
Crosses: French Creek
Truss type: Long & Arch
Spans: 3
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built:
Builder:
When Lost: 17 Mar 1936
Cause: Flood
Latitude: N41 31.09
Longitude: W080 03.25
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Directions: On Adams Street, part of Route 173 (SR0173).

Cochranton Bridge, Fairfield, Crawford County, PA Flood 1936
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
8-panel truss. An approximate 900 foot section of the old road exists and is called Hall Road (T639), which merges with the main road about 120' from the west end of the present bridge. The two span Parker Through Truss bridge was built in 1930, according to Bridgehunter.com, but original sources state the covered bridge went out in the flood of March 17, 1936. It is at, or very close to the old site.

Sources:
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 55, 92-93
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, October 2007

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