National Register of Historic Places
Beechdale Bridge
Berlin vicinity, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- December 10, 1980
- Type
- Structure
- Address
- SW of Berlin off US 219, Brothersvalley Township, Berlin vicinity
- County
- Somerset
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1850 to 1874
- Contributing resources
- 1 structure
- Coordinates
- 39.88173, -79.03441
- Reference number
- 80003628
The story
Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com
The Beechdale Bridge is a wooden bridge southwest of Berlin, in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, built in 1870 in the Burr arch form. It was listed in the National Register in 1980 as part of the Covered Bridges of Somerset County thematic group.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in engineering and transportation, tied to its construction in 1870.
Physical character
The side walls are vertical wood plank, and the gable roof is tin. Its frame is a Burr truss with a shallow arch, with wood used elsewhere in the structure.