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The 1884 Book's Covered Bridge, also known as Kaufman Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Jackson Township near Blain in Perry County, Pennsylvania, that is 81-foot-long, with a width of 17 feet, and uses a single span.
This Burr Truss bridge crosses Sherman Creek. Built in 1884, the bridge's builder is unknown. It is another Perry County bridge that was rescued from decay and destruction. In 2003 the whole structure had collapsed and was sitting in Sherman Creek. The county and region take their heritage seriously when it comes to covered bridges, and a community effort was put into place to rebuild this bridge. It is now open to vehicle traffic.
Of the 1,500 covered bridges that once stood in the state of Pennsylvania, as of 2019, approximately 200 remain.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Located at: N40 19.48 W77 31.48 - WGCB #38-50-13
Photographed in 2019.