Snook's Covered Bridge

About

Snook's Covered Bridge crosses Dunning Creek in East St. Clair Township, Bedford County, east-southeast of Pleasantville. It is a single-span Burr truss bridge built in 1883. It is county-owned and open to traffic.

History

The bridge was built in 1883, the date given by Wikipedia, dalejtravis.com and uncoveringpa.com. No builder is recorded. Uncoveringpa.com says it is named for Jacob Snooks, a local resident. Dalejtravis.com lists a rebuild in 1994. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 10, 1980, as part of the Bedford County Covered Bridges multiple property submission.

Sources disagree on length. Wikipedia, drawing on the National Register, gives 75 feet, dalejtravis.com gives 81 feet and uncoveringpa.com gives 82 feet.

Design

It is a Burr truss with a shallow gable roof. In a Burr truss, a long timber arch on each side is combined with a multiple kingpost truss, and the arch ends bear on the abutments. Uncoveringpa.com describes the bridge in farmland with a long white picket fence at its approach.

Visiting

From PA 56, about 1.4 miles southeast of its junction with PA 96 in Pleasantville, go east on Ridge Market Road for 0.5 mile, then north on Fish Hatchery Road for 100 feet to the bridge, according to dalejtravis.com. The bridge carries Fish Hatchery Road and is open to vehicles. Uncoveringpa.com notes a large pull-off on the north side of the bridge.

Sources: Snooks Covered Bridge (Wikipedia), Snooks 38-05-23 (dalejtravis.com), Covered Bridges of Bedford County (Uncovering PA)

Photo: CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (author details on the file page).