{"nrhp_refnum":"79002362","name":"Danley Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Spanning Robinson Fork Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Finley","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.05514572000004,"lon":-80.43937212499998,"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":"The Danley Covered Bridge is a queenpost-truss covered bridge carrying a road over a branch of Wheeling Creek in West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the covered bridges documented in a multiple-property nomination for the covered bridges of Washington and Greene Counties.","why_significant":"The nomination treats the group of covered bridges as important examples of vernacular wood bridge construction in Pennsylvania, where the type was once common. The bridges are described as illustrating local construction technology through the simplicity of their truss types and certain local design features. The document notes a comparatively high survival rate of these bridges in these rural counties.","narrative":"Spanning a branch of Wheeling Creek in West Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, the Danley Covered Bridge is a wood structure with a queenpost truss, an end post length of 39 feet, and a road surface about 11 feet 10 inches wide. It has vertical board siding, a tin-covered gable roof, and cut stone abutments. The bridge is part of a group of covered bridges in Washington and Greene Counties that represent a once-common Pennsylvania bridge type. Its simple truss design and local features are regarded as typical of the rural wood-bridge construction the group illustrates. Few examples of this type survive in these counties, and the bridge is recorded in good condition. Its place in the group of related bridges is the main reason it was documented and listed.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is recorded as good, and the bridge is listed as a thematic resource within the multiple-property group.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.542097-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002362.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002362/2d2955efdc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002362/2d2955efdc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DANLEY_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:DANLEY_COVERED_BRIDGE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994031","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danley_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5219985"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/danley-covered-bridge-79002362/"}