Buttonwood Covered Bridge
The Buttonwood Covered Bridge is a covered bridge built in either 1878 or 1898 over Blockhouse Creek in Jackson Township, Lycoming County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It uses a queen post with king post truss and is 74 feet 2 inches (22.6 m) long. The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and had a major restoration in 1998. It is the shortest and most heavily used of the three covered bridges remaining in Lycoming County.
Buttonwood Covered Bridge | |
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Buttonwood Covered Bridge and Blockhouse Creek, as seen from the northbound lane of US 15 | |
| Coordinates | 41.509894°N 77.130107°W |
| Carries | Township 816 |
| Crosses | Blockhouse Creek |
| Locale | Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Official name | Buttonwood Covered Bridge |
| Named for | village of Buttonwood |
| Maintained by | Lycoming County |
| NBI Number | 417215081601110 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | National Register of Historic Places |
| Total length | 74.2 ft (22.6 m) |
| Width | 14.4 ft (4.4 m) |
| Height | 10.7 ft (3.3 m) |
| Load limit | 3 tons (2.7 t) |
| History | |
| Built | 1878 or 1898 |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Bradford, Sullivan and Lycoming Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003569 |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1980 |
| Location | |
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