Gudgeonville Covered Bridge
Gudgeonville Covered Bridge | |
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The bridge before its destruction, July 2008 | |
| Coordinates | 41°58′56″N 80°16′01″W / 41.98222°N 80.26694°W |
| Carried | Township 400 |
| Crossed | Elk Creek |
| Locale | Erie, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Official name | Gudgeonville Covered Bridge |
| Other name | Gudgeonville Road |
| Maintained by | Girard Township |
| NBI Number | 257207040040080 |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Width | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Height | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Load limit | 4.5 t (5.0 short tons) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | William Sherman |
| Built | 1868 |
| Destroyed | November 8, 2008 |
Gudgeonville Covered Bridge | |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Erie County TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003491 |
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 1980 |
| Location | |
Interactive map of Gudgeonville Covered Bridge | |
The Gudgeonville Covered Bridge was an 84-foot (25.6 m) long Multiple King-post Truss covered bridge over Elk Creek in Girard Township, Erie County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was built in 1868 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1980. It was destroyed by arson on November 8, 2008.
It was the oldest of the three remaining covered bridges in Erie County. The bridge structure's sufficiency rating on the Federal Highway Administration National Bridge Inventory was only 14.6 percent and its condition was deemed "basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrective action".