About
The Neddie Woods Covered Bridge, also spelled Nettie Woods, crosses Pursley Creek north of Oak Forest in Center Township, Greene County, off State Route 3013 a few miles from Waynesburg. It is a 40 ft queenpost truss bridge built in 1882. It is still open to traffic, with a posted 5 ton weight limit.
History
Lisbon Scott built the bridge in 1882, and it is the oldest covered bridge still standing in Greene County. It is named for Edward "Ned" or "Neddie" W. Wood, a Civil War veteran who owned the land where it was built. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1979, as part of the Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties group, and it was one of nine historic covered bridges in the county as of October 1978. It was rehabilitated in 2005 and reinforced with six steel I-beams.
Design
A queenpost truss uses two vertical posts joined at the top by a horizontal beam. The bridge has unpainted vertical plank siding on both sides, a metal-covered gable roof, and cut stone block abutments.
Visiting
The bridge carries a lightly traveled road off State Route 3013 and is open to vehicles.
Sources: Nettie Woods Covered Bridge (Wikipedia), Neddie Wood Covered Bridge (coveredbridges.net), Covered Bridges of Greene County (Uncovering PA)
Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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