About
The Scott Covered Bridge crosses Ten Mile Creek on Covered Bridge Road, off Pennsylvania Route 21 west of Rogersville, in Center Township, Greene County. It is a 41 ft queenpost truss bridge built in 1885 and the westernmost covered bridge in the county.
History
William Lang built the bridge in 1885. 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 Greene County as of October 1978. It was rebuilt in 2008 and reinforced with six steel I-beams.
Design
A queenpost truss uses two vertical posts joined at the top by a horizontal beam. Scott has a raised seam tin gable roof, unpainted vertical board siding on the sides and portals, crosswise deck planking, a single window cut into the center of each side, lengthwise openings under the eaves, and cut stone abutments.
Visiting
The bridge stands at the edge of a wood line on Covered Bridge Road. Uncovering PA says parking is in a small gravel area where Route 21 meets Covered Bridge Road, about 150 yards from the bridge.
Sources: Scott Covered Bridge (Wikipedia), Scott 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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