Glessner Bridge
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Glessner Bridge, July 2012
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Location | Northwest of Shanksville off Legislative Route 55068, Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°1′33″N 78°55′16″W / 40.02583°N 78.92111°WCoordinates: 40°1′33″N 78°55′16″W / 40.02583°N 78.92111°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1881 |
Architectural style | Other, Multiple Kingpost |
MPS | Covered Bridges of Somerset County TR |
NRHP Reference # | 80003631 |
Added to NRHP | December 10, 1980 |
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), long-multiple Kingpost truss bridge, with half-height plank siding and a tin covered gable roof. The bridge crosses Stonycreek River. It is one of 10 covered bridges in Somerset County.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.