Bittenbender Covered Bridge
Bittenbender Covered Bridge was a historic wooden covered bridge in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was a 68.6-foot-long (20.9 m), Queenpost Truss bridge, constructed in 1888. It had rough vertical plank siding, crossed Huntington Creek, and was the last covered bridge in Luzerne County.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The bridge was destroyed in a flood on June 28, 2006.
References
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-03-16. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bittenbender Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ "Bittenbender, Luzerne County". Covered Spans of Yesteryear - www.lostbridges.org. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
