Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121


Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The original West Paden Covered Bridge in 1982
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Location	Pennsylvania Route 371, south of Catawissa, Fishing Creek Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°6′25″N 76°21′25″W / 41.10694°N 76.35694°W / 41.10694; -76.35694Coordinates: 41°6′25″N 76°21′25″W / 41.10694°N 76.35694°W / 41.10694; -76.35694
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1850
Built by	Peter Ent
Architectural style	Burr Truss-Arch
MPS	Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR
NRHP Reference #	79003179^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 29, 1979

The Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121 is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Fishing Creek Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is a 112-foot-long (34 m), Burr Truss bridge constructed in 1850. It crosses the Huntington Creek. It is one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties. It is a twin of the Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1] The bridge was destroyed in a flood on June 28, 2006, and an identical replacement was built and dedicated on October 15, 2008.^[3]

References

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1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Bill Pennesi and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-19.
↑ Robert Parks (November 2010). "Trials and Tribulations of a Historic Pair of Covered Bridges" (PDF). Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau. Retrieved December 11, 2012.

Interior of the rebuilt bridge in September 2012

West Paden Covered Bridge in May 2014

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