Packsaddle Bridge

Packsaddle Bridge
Location: Southwest of Glen Savage off Legislative Route 55005, Fairhope Township, Pennsylvania
Area: 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built: 1870
Architectural style: Other, Kingpost truss
Governing body: Local
MPS: Covered Bridges of Somerset County TR
NRHP Reference#: 80003629[1]
Added to NRHP: December 10, 1980

Packsaddle Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Fairhope Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1877, and is a 48-foot-long (15 m) Kingpost truss bridge, with full vertical plank siding and large cut stone abutments. The bridge crosses Brush Creek. It is one of 10 covered bridges in Somerset County.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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