About
Kramer Covered Bridge No. 113 crosses Mud Run on Turkey Path Road in Greenwood Township, Columbia County, southwest of Rohrsburg. It is a 50 ft queenpost truss bridge. The county owns and maintains it, and coveredbridges.net, which photographed it in September 2021, reported it open to all traffic.
History
C.W. Eves built the bridge in 1881 for $414.50. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979. Wikipedia dates a rebuild to 2007, while coveredbridges.net describes a complete refurbishment in 2008. Uncoveringpa says it was rehabilitated in 2008 and is in great condition.
Design
A queenpost truss uses two vertical posts tied together by a horizontal beam at the top, with diagonal braces, and suits a short crossing like this one. Kramer has a largest span of 39 ft, a 13.1 ft wide deck, 11.9 ft of vertical clearance above the deck, and a metal roof.
Visiting
The bridge carries Turkey Path Road near Rohrsburg, a short distance from Route 254. Vehicles can drive through it. Uncoveringpa notes a large pull off at the southern end of the bridge.
Sources: Kramer Covered Bridge No. 113 (Wikipedia), Kramer Covered Bridge (coveredbridges.net), Covered Bridges of Columbia County (Uncovering PA)
Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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