{"nrhp_refnum":"79002343","name":"Dreese's Covered Bridge","other_names":["Beavertown Covered Bridge"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Spans Middle Creek, Beaver Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beavertown","county":"Snyder County","state":"PA","lat":40.77528144100006,"lon":-77.14481880499994,"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":"Dreese's or Beavertown Covered Bridge is a Burr truss covered bridge over Middle Creek near Beavertown in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The inventory dates it to about 1870.","why_significant":"The nomination treats the bridge as one of the covered bridges of Juniata and Snyder counties that are significant as embodiments of a type of construction common in their period, now increasingly rare. Its listing is tied to the history of transportation in Pennsylvania and to the development of rural road networks in the two counties.","narrative":"Dreese's or Beavertown Covered Bridge is a Burr truss covered bridge crossing Middle Creek near Beavertown in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Its inventory entry dates it to about 1870. The bridge has a road surface about 14 feet 8 inches wide and an end post length of 95 feet. It has vertical board siding, open windows near the eaves and a gable roof. Its abutments and deck were built to carry a load of two tons. The bridge is one of a group of covered bridges in Juniata and Snyder counties, and it is a surviving example of a bridge type that was common in rural Pennsylvania in the late nineteenth century but has become increasingly rare. Its significance lies in its construction and in its place in the transportation history of the state and the development of rural road networks in the two counties. The inventory records its condition as good.","period_of_significance":"c. 1870","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Burr truss covered bridge","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.762335-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002343.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002343/6154fa8f26-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002343/6154fa8f26-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Erica Sauder","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dreese%27s_Covered_Bridge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Erica Sauder</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:Dreese%27s_Covered_Bridge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993838","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreese%27s_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5306857"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/snyder-county/dreeses-covered-bridge-79002343/"}