{"nrhp_refnum":"79002241","name":"Kintersburg Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"S of Kintersburg","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kintersburg","county":"Indiana County","state":"PA","lat":40.71354280200006,"lon":-79.08118988499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wooden covered bridge with a Howe truss, spanning Crooked Creek in Rayne Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The form gives its date as 1877 and lists it as one of four surviving covered bridges in the county.","why_significant":"The nomination is a thematic listing of the four remaining covered bridges in Indiana County, which it presents as important examples of 19th-century wood truss bridge technology. The Kintersburg Bridge is the only one of the four built with a Howe truss, and its 62-foot span is the longest of the group.","narrative":"Built in 1877 across Crooked Creek in Rayne Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, the Kintersburg Covered Bridge is a wooden structure with a Howe truss and a span of 62 feet between end posts. It is one of four surviving covered bridges in the county, down from six, and the only one of the four built with a Howe truss rather than a Town truss. Its exterior has vertical siding, a gable roof and an open band of windows at the roof line, and its floor is laid with longitudinal boards. The county owns the bridge and keeps it in good condition. The bridge is significant as one of the last intact examples of 19th-century wood truss bridge construction in western Pennsylvania, and the nomination treats the four surviving bridges together as a group that documents that technology.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The county owns the bridge and maintains it well; the form marks its condition as good.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.207173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002241.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002241/bb3163527d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002241/bb3163527d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Mvincec","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kintersburg_Covered_Bridge.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mvincec</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kintersburg_Covered_Bridge.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993085","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintersburg_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6414348"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/indiana-county/kintersburg-covered-bridge-79002241/"}