About
Krepps Covered Bridge crosses Raccoon Creek on Covered Bridge Road in Mount Pleasant Township, southeast of Cherry Valley. Washington County owns it, and it is open to both vehicles and pedestrians with a 3 ton weight limit. At 24 feet it ties with McClurg Covered Bridge as the shortest covered bridge in Washington County. Its World Guide number is 38-63-19. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1979.
History
The construction date and builder are unknown; coveredbridges.net says it was likely built after 1860. Between 1952 and 1958 the bridge was moved a short distance to its present site so that a modern concrete bridge could be built at its original location.
Design
Krepps is a kingpost truss, 24 feet long and 13 feet 3 inches wide, though Dale Travis lists 30 feet. It has vertical siding, four rectangular windows and a sheet metal roof. The west abutment is concrete and the east abutment is stone and mortar, with stone wingwalls capped in concrete.
Visiting
Dale Travis gives these directions: take Joffre Cherry Valley Road east 1.1 miles from its junction with Number Three Hill Road in Cherry Valley, go south on Water Dam Road (SR 4015) 0.3 miles, then southwest on Covered Bridge Road 200 feet to the bridge.
Sources: Krepps Covered Bridge, coveredbridges.net, Krepp's, Dale J. Travis Covered Bridge Photos, National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Pennsylvania
Photo: Jerrye and Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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