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Hollingshead -1851

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    The Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40 is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Catawissa Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is a 116.9-foot-long, Burr Truss bridge with a tarred metal roof, constructed in 1851 by Peter Ent for a cost of $1,180.00. Henry Hollingshead owned a nearby mill. It crosses the Catawissa Creek.

     

    It is one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties and was rehabilitated in 1999 and has a deck width of 13.5 feet and a vertical clearance above deck of 9 feet.

     

    Length of largest span: 104 ft.
    Total length: 117.1 ft.
    Deck width: 13.5 ft.
    Vertical clearance above deck: 9 ft.

     

    Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979.

     

    Located at:  N40 57.12    W76 26.87     -     WGCB #38-19-34

    Photographed in September 2021

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