Glessner Bridge Explained

Glessner Bridge
Location:Northwest of Shanksville off Legislative Route 55068, Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.0258°N -78.9211°W
Built:1881
Builder:Tobias Glessner
Architecture:Kingpost truss
Added:December 10, 1980
Refnum:80003631

The Glessner Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1881, and is a 90adj=midNaNadj=mid, multiple Kingpost truss bridge, with half-height plank siding and a tin covered gable roof. The bridge crosses Stonycreek River. It is one of 10 covered bridges in Somerset County.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. December 11, 2011. July 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Somerset County Thematic Resources (Glessner Bridge). 2011-12-08. Herb Berman and Susan M. Zacher. PDF. n.d.. June 29, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200629042913/https://gis.penndot.gov/CRGISAttachments/SiteResource/H050850_01H.pdf. live.