Trostletown Bridge

Trostletown Bridge
Trostletown Bridge, July 2012
LocationSoutheast of Stoystown off U.S. Route 30, Quemahoning Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°5′45″N 78°56′44″W / 40.09583°N 78.94556°W / 40.09583; -78.94556
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1845
Architectural styleKingpost truss
MPSCovered Bridges of Somerset County TR
NRHP reference No.80003636[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 11, 1980

The Trostletown Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Quemahoning Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1845, and is a 104-foot-long (32 m) Kingpost truss bridge, with half-height plank siding and an asbestos shingled gable roof. The bridge crosses Stony Creek. It is one of 10 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 Trostletown Bridge. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 9, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)