{"nrhp_refnum":"79002344","name":"Aline Covered Bridge","other_names":["Meiserville Covered Bridge"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"NW of Meiserville, Chapman/Perry Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Meiserville","county":"Snyder County","state":"PA","lat":40.67659143800006,"lon":-76.97920397399997,"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 Burr truss covered bridge over the North Branch of Mahantango Creek near Meiserville in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, built in 1884. It is one of the covered bridges in the multiple-resource group of Juniata and Snyder County covered bridges.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the bridge as representative of a type of construction common in the late 19th century that is now rare in the county. It is regarded as significant for its association with transportation history and as an illustration of the technology of bridge construction in rural areas of Juniata and Snyder counties.","narrative":"Near Meiserville in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, the Aline or Meiserville Covered Bridge carries a road across the North Branch of Mahantango Creek. Built in 1884, it uses a Burr truss system and has a gable roof, vertical siding, open windows at eave level, and large stone abutments. The road surface is 18 feet wide, the end posts are 60 feet long, and the bridge is posted for a two-ton load. Its listing rests on its role in local transportation history and on its value as an example of a late nineteenth-century bridge type that has become uncommon in the county. The bridge is one of several covered bridges documented together in Juniata and Snyder counties, and its surviving form shows how rural bridge networks were built and maintained in that period.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Burr truss","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 17:11:30.504332-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002344.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002344/a0f0c013f7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002344/a0f0c013f7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ruhrfisch (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aline_Covered_Bridge_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aline_Covered_Bridge_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993840","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aline_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4726757"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/snyder-county/aline-covered-bridge-79002344/"}