{"nrhp_refnum":"79002246","name":"East Oriental Covered Bridge","other_names":["Sheaffer Covered Bridge"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"NE of Oriental, Susquehanna/Perry Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oriental","county":"Juniata County","state":"PA","lat":40.638921398000036,"lon":-77.00103092699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered bridge over Mahantango Creek at Oriental, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, of Burr truss type. The document gives no construction date for this bridge.","why_significant":"The bridge is described as a surviving example of a type of construction common in its period that is now increasingly rare in the county. It is associated with the history of transportation in Pennsylvania and illustrates the development of rural bridge networks in Juniata and Snyder counties.","narrative":"Over Mahantango Creek at Oriental in Juniata County stands a covered bridge built on the Burr truss system, with a 90-foot end post length and a road surface about 15 feet 6 inches wide. The structure has vertical siding, rectangular window openings at eave level and a gable roof, and its load limit is recorded as two tons. It is one of the covered bridges surveyed in Juniata and Snyder counties, where the type was once common but is now increasingly rare. Its significance lies in its representation of rural bridge construction and of the transportation network that developed across the two counties. Its condition is recorded as good, and it is used for storage. The bridge is also known by the name East Oriental/Sheaffer and is one of several surviving covered bridges in the region.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Burr truss covered bridge","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; the document notes the bridge is currently used for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.032724-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002246.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002246/5c78b3c7f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002246/5c78b3c7f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EAST_ORIENTAL_COVERED_BRIDGE.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:EAST_ORIENTAL_COVERED_BRIDGE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993103","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Oriental_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5329087"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/juniata-county/east-oriental-covered-bridge-79002246/"}