Lower Humbert Covered Bridge Explained

Lower Humbert Covered Bridge

Other Name:

Faidley Covered Bridge

Coordinates:

39.8401°N -79.3231°W

Locale:

Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States

Carries:

Township 312

Crosses:

Laurel Hill Creek

Id Type:

NBI Number

Id:

557213031230350

Length:

126.5feet^[1]

Width:

12.3feet

Height:

8feet

Load:

3abbr=onNaNabbr=on^[2]

Built:

1891

Extra:


Embed:	yes
Added:	December 10, 1980
Refnum:	80003638
Mpsub:	Covered Bridges of Somerset County TR

The Lower Humbert Covered Bridge, or the Faidley Covered Bridge, is an 126inchesft6inchesin (ftin) Burr Arch truss covered bridge that crosses Laurel Hill Creek, in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was built in 1891 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1980.^[2] It is one of the ten remaining covered bridges in Somerset County.

History

The covered bridge was built in 1891. It was rebuilt in 1991, with extensive reinforcement work done on the abutments.^[2] A homemade explosive device caused minor damage to bridge deck in January 2006.^[3]

Notes and References

Web site: Federal Highway Administration. Federal Highway Administration. Place Name: Lower Turkeyfoot(Township of), Pennsylvania; NBI Structure Number: 557213031230350; Facility Carried: T-390, Covered Bridge Rd; Feature Intersected: Laurel Hill Creek . Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky) . 2007 . April 15, 2009 . Note: this is a formatted scrape of the 2006 official website, which can be found here for Pennsylvania: Web site: PA06.txt . 2006 . Federal Highway Administration . April 15, 2009 .
Book: Evans, Benjamin D. . June R. Evans . Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges: A complete guide . 2001 . 248 . 0-8229-5764-7 . University of Pittsburgh Press.
News: Associated Press . Explosive causes minor damage to historic covered bridge . . . January 30, 2006.

Lower Humbert Covered Bridge Explained

History

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Notes and References