Pine Valley Covered Bridge | |
Location: | North of New Britain on Township 340, New Britain Borough, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 40.3053°N -75.1878°W |
Built: | 1842 |
Architecture: | Town truss |
Added: | December 01, 1980 |
Refnum: | 80003437 |
The Pine Valley Covered Bridge, also known as the Iron Hill Bridge, is an historic, American, wooden covered bridge that is located in New Britain Borough, near Doylestown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
It crosses Pine Run Creek near Peace Valley Park, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1980.
This town truss bridge, which measures 81feet in length, was built by David Sutton in 1842 at a cost of $5553.50.[1] That amount is equal to $ today.
Posted for years with a height restriction of 11'6" (3.5 meters), it was reposted in 2007 to 9'4" (2.85 meters) after an overheight truck passed through it and damaged the roof.[2] It carries a posted weight rating of 24000lb.
This bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1980.