About
New Germantown Covered Bridge crosses Shermans Creek just south of the village of New Germantown in western Perry County. Dale J. Travis and the Perry County PAGenWeb survey place it in Toboyne Township; the National Register record, as summarized by Wikipedia, gives Jackson Township. It is a kingpost and queenpost truss bridge built in 1891 and 74 feet long.
History
John W. Fry built the bridge in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980, as part of the Covered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties group.
Design
Kingpost and queenpost trusses are simple frames of vertical posts and diagonal braces suited to short spans: a kingpost truss has one central post, a queenpost truss two posts joined by a horizontal beam. Wikipedia lists this truss as a kingpost type, with the National Register style recorded as modified kingpost and queenpost. The PAGenWeb survey records a width of 12 feet, vertical plank siding, a tin-covered gable roof and portals painted in stripes.
Visiting
The bridge is on State Route 3004 (listed by PAGenWeb as Ridge Road), about 0.2 miles from Pennsylvania Route 274 in New Germantown. The sources reviewed do not state whether it carries vehicle traffic today.
Sources: New Germantown Covered Bridge (Wikipedia), Perry County Covered Bridges (PAGenWeb), New Germantown Bridge (Dale J. Travis)
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