Hassenplug Bridge

Hassenplug Bridge

Hassenplug Covered Bridge, April 2010
Location N. 4th St., Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°55′25″N 77°3′0″W / 40.92361°N 77.05000°W / 40.92361; -77.05000Coordinates: 40°55′25″N 77°3′0″W / 40.92361°N 77.05000°W / 40.92361; -77.05000
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1825
Architectural style Other, Burr Truss
MPS Union County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP Reference # 80003641[1]
Added to NRHP February 8, 1980

Hassenplug Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge at Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. It is an 80-foot-long (24 m), Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1825, and overhauled in 1959. It crosses Buffalo Creek.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980[1] and is the oldest covered bridge in the United States.[3] However, this distinction is also claimed for the Hyde Hall Bridge in New York.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Charles M. Snyder (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hassenplug Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  3. ↑ Evans, Benjamin D.; Evans, June R. (2004). New England's Covered Bridges. Hanover, New Hampshire, USA: University Press of New England. p. 121. ISBN 1-58465-320-5.


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