{"nrhp_refnum":"79002361","name":"Crawford Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Spanning Robinson Fork Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Finley","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.00241281900003,"lon":-80.47213838999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered bridge over the Robinson Fork of Wheeling Creek near West Finley, Washington County, Pennsylvania, with a queenpost truss, vertical board siding and a tin-covered gable roof. It is one of a group of covered bridges in Washington and Greene Counties listed as a multiple property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the group of covered bridges is an important example of vernacular wood structures that illustrate the bridge-building technology of the region. The Crawford bridge is described as in good condition, with cut stone abutments and square windows cut into the ends of its side walls.","narrative":"Spanning the Robinson Fork of Wheeling Creek near West Finley in Washington County, Pennsylvania, the Crawford Covered Bridge is a queenpost truss structure with a road surface about eleven feet seven inches wide. It has vertical board siding, a tin-covered gable roof, and square windows cut into the ends of its side walls. Cut stone abutments and later rods support the span. The bridge is one of a group of covered bridges in Washington and Greene Counties that were once common across Pennsylvania. Its simple truss type and local construction details are regarded as representative of the region's wood bridge-building technology. The bridge is in good condition and is listed as part of a multiple property group that records the rural covered bridges of these two counties.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition described 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 17:11:30.04397-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002361.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002361/85c180b6e3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002361/85c180b6e3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CRAWFORD_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:CRAWFORD_COVERED_BRIDGE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994029","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5182854"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/crawford-covered-bridge-79002361/"}