Glessner Bridge

NW of Shanksville off LR, 55068, Stonycreek Township, Shanksville, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Somerset.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 10, 1980. NRIS 80003631.

Part of Covered Bridges of Somerset County TR (NRIS 64000719).

1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

Glessner Bridge

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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993865