Glessner Bridge

Glessner Bridge
Glessner Bridge, July 2012
Location in Pennsylvania
Location in United States
LocationNorthwest of Shanksville off Legislative Route 55068, Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°1′33″N 78°55′16″W / 40.02583°N 78.92111°W / 40.02583; -78.92111
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1881
Built byTobias Glessner
Architectural styleKingpost truss
MPSCovered Bridges of Somerset County TR
NRHP reference No.80003631[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1980

The Glessner Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1881, and is a 90-foot-long (27 m), multiple Kingpost truss bridge, with half-height plank siding and a tin covered gable roof. The bridge crosses Stonycreek River. It is one of ten covered bridges in Somerset County.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Herb Berman and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Glessner Bridge. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 9, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)