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White, Greene County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-30-30
County: Greene County
Township: Greene
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: White
Crosses: Whiteley Creek
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 71' overall, 67'-6" span
Roadway Width: 15'
Built: 1919
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 48.390
Longitude: W080 03.650
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Directions: 1.5 miles east of I-79 (Exit7) on Kirby Rd. (SR2018), then sharp right 0.6 miles on Garards Fort Rd. (SR2011) and 0.2 miles right on Roberts Run Rd. (TR604) to bridge. West of Garards Fort.

White Bridge, Greene, PA. Built 1919
© Lisa Plamondon

White Bridge, Greene, Greene County, PA. Built 1919
Jenn Caswell Photo, July 26, 2014

White Bridge, Greene, Greene County, PA. Built 1919
Bill Caswell Photo, July 26, 2014

Comments:
County Bridge #18. Per Old Covered Bridge Days of Greene County by Earle Robert Forrest (1953), the bridge was built in the winter of 1919/1920 and there had not been a bridge at this location prior to that time. This is the highest clearance of any covered bridge in the state and the longest Queenpost-type in the county. It had the floor set on a diagonal." (Falk) Current photos show sacrificial tire track running boards laid down on top of the diagonal deck.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 142
Forrest, Robert Earle, Old Covered Bridge Days of Greene County, The Washington Observer, February, 1953.
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, March 2008
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 113

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