Cogan House Covered Bridge
The Cogan House Covered Bridge is a Burr arch truss covered bridge over Larrys Creek in Cogan House Township, Lycoming County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was built in 1877 and is 94 feet 2 inches (28.7 m) long. The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and had a major restoration in 1998. The Cogan House bridge is named for the township and village of Cogan House, and is also known by at least four other names: Buckhorn, Larrys Creek, Day's, and Plankenhorn.
Cogan House Covered Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 41°23′54″N 77°12′03″W |
| Carries | Township 784 |
| Crosses | Larrys Creek |
| Locale | Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Official name | Cogan House Covered Bridge |
| Other name(s) | Buckhorn |
| Named for | Cogan House Township |
| Maintained by | Lycoming County |
| NBI Number | 417208078401120 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | National Register of Historic Places |
| Total length | 94.2 ft (28.7 m) |
| Width | 19.6 ft (6.0 m) |
| Height | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
| Load limit | 3 tons (2.7 t) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Valentine Meyers (or Meyer) |
| Built | 1877 |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Bradford, Sullivan and Lycoming Counties TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003567 |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1980 |
| Location | |
The Cogan House Covered Bridge was constructed by a millwright who assembled the timber framework in a field next to the sawmill, before it was reassembled at the bridge site. It was the only bridge on Larrys Creek that survived the flood of June 1889, and one of only a handful that were left intact in the county. Although the bridge used to carry a steady flow of tannery and sawmill traffic, the clearcutting of the surrounding forests meant the end of those industries by the early 20th century.
Since then much of the surrounding area has reverted to second growth forest, and the one-lane bridge is now on a dead end road in a remote valley with little traffic. It is the oldest and longest of the three covered bridges remaining in the county. Despite the 1998 restoration and other repairs, as of 2009 the bridge structure's sufficiency rating on the National Bridge Inventory was 17.2 percent and its condition was deemed "basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrective action".