{"nrhp_refnum":"78002468","name":"Schuylkill County Bridge No. 113","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"W of Rock off PA 895","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rock","county":"Schuylkill County","state":"PA","lat":40.54522979800004,"lon":-76.29489633799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered wooden bridge, a Burr arch type 39 feet long and 13 feet 5 inches wide, carrying township route 452 over Lower Little Swatara Creek in Washington Township, east of the village of Rock, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.","why_significant":"The form ties the bridge to the coal boom era of the late 1800s, when many small mines operated along the creek and local coal and farm produce were carried over it to the railroad at Rock. It is one of only two covered bridges that remain in Schuylkill County, from an original count of 51.","narrative":"Covered bridge spanning Lower Little Swatara Creek in Washington Township, east of the village of Rock, carrying township route 452. Built entirely of wood on concrete piers, it is a Burr arch structure 39 feet long and 13 feet 5 inches wide, with about 11 feet of height and an 8-foot-6-inch under-clearance. Two steel girders were added recently for safety. It is one of two covered bridges that remain in Schuylkill County, from an original count of 51, the other being Bridge #114 in the same township. Its significance lies in its role in transportation during the late nineteenth century coal boom, when many small mines operated along the Lower Little Swatara. Local coal and farm produce were carried over the bridge to Rock, a post-office village and station on the Sunbury Branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and from there on to Philadelphia. The surrounding area remains largely agricultural, and the bridge still serves a rural community.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Burr arch type","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.452851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002468.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002468/82d741954f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002468/82d741954f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_Covered_Bridge_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_Covered_Bridge_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998010","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuylkill_County_Bridge_No._113","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7433094"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/schuylkill-county/schuylkill-county-bridge-no-113-78002468/"}