Grimes Covered Bridge
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The bridge in 1970
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Location | Off Pennsylvania Route 221 at the crossing of Ruff Creek, north of Waynesburg, Washington Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°57′16″N 80°9′35″W / 39.95444°N 80.15972°WCoordinates: 39°57′16″N 80°9′35″W / 39.95444°N 80.15972°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Architectural style | Other, Kingpost truss |
MPS | Covered Bridges of Washington and Greene Counties TR |
NRHP reference # | 79003820 |
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. In November 1992, it was destroyed in a fire.