Carmichaels Covered Bridge
bridge in Pennsylvania, United States
The Carmichaels Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Carmichaels in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It is a 64-foot-long (20 m), Queenpost truss bridge with a raised seam tin covered gable roof, constructed in 1889. It crosses Muddy 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.
The public source identifies “Carmichaels Covered Bridge” as bridge in Pennsylvania, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Carmichaels, Covered and Bridge.
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