Grimes Covered Bridge

Grimes Covered Bridge

The bridge in 1970
Location Off Pennsylvania Route 221 at the crossing of Ruff Creek, north of Waynesburg, Washington Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′16″N 80°9′35″W / 39.95444°N 80.15972°W / 39.95444; -80.15972Coordinates: 39°57′16″N 80°9′35″W / 39.95444°N 80.15972°W / 39.95444; -80.15972
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Architectural style Other, Kingpost truss
MPS Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties TR
NRHP Reference # 79003820[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1979

Grimes Covered Bridge was a historic wooden covered bridge located in Washington Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was a 31.75-foot-long (9.68 m), King post truss bridge with a tin covered gable roof, constructed in 1888. It crossed Ruff Creek. As of October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges in Greene County.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] In November 1992 it was destroyed in a fire.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher and Charlotte K. Lane (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Grimes Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Grimes, Greene County". Lostbridges.org. Retrieved October 31, 2012.


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