{"nrhp_refnum":"79002247","name":"North Oriental Covered Bridge","other_names":["Beaver Covered Bridge"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"NE of Oriental, Susquehanna/Perry Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oriental","county":"Juniata County","state":"PA","lat":40.66180557800004,"lon":-77.01117852099998,"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 multiple kingpost covered bridge over Mahantango Creek in Oriental, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, listed as part of the Covered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties thematic group. The form also gives it the alternate name North Oriental/Beaver Covered Bridge.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the bridge as a surviving example of a type of construction once common in the two counties but now increasingly rare. It is associated with the history of transportation in Pennsylvania and illustrates the technology of bridge construction in rural areas of Juniata and Snyder counties.","narrative":"A multiple kingpost covered bridge spanning Mahantango Creek in Oriental, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. The bridge has a 62-foot end post length and a road surface 12 feet 6 inches wide, and carries a posted load of 9 tons. It has vertical siding, rectangular window openings at eave level, and a gable roof. The bridge is one of a group of covered bridges in Juniata and Snyder counties. Covered bridges of this kind were once common in the region but are now increasingly rare, and this example is regarded as a representative embodiment of that type of construction. It is significant for its association with the development of transportation in Pennsylvania and for what it shows about bridge technology in rural areas of the two counties. The bridge is listed with its approaches and a surrounding buffer included in the boundary.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded 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 17:11:29.723597-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002247.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002247/6aa90fcd74-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002247/6aa90fcd74-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NORTH_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:NORTH_ORIENTAL_COVERED_BRIDGE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993109","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Oriental_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7056232"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/juniata-county/north-oriental-covered-bridge-79002247/"}