{"nrhp_refnum":"79003191","name":"Davis Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"SR 371","address_restricted":false,"city":"Catawissa","county":"Columbia County","state":"PA","lat":40.911142631000075,"lon":-76.43974235799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Davis Covered Bridge is a covered wooden truss bridge near Catawissa in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, with a length of 87.1 feet, a roadway width of 14.2 feet, and clearance of 11 feet. It is of the Burr Truss Arch type.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bridge is significant for its engineering as a Burr truss covered bridge, a design the form describes as unique given that covered bridges have not been built in Columbia County within the last half century. It also ties the bridge to transportation needs that arose from town growth and from farming, saw and grist mills in the county.","narrative":"Spanning a creek near Catawissa in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, the Davis Covered Bridge is an 87.1-foot wooden bridge with a roadway 14.2 feet wide and 11 feet of clearance. Its structure is a Burr truss arch, with four diagonal braces on either side of a central king post, and each truss system carries a superimposed arch. The roof is covered in tarred metal panels laid over thin wooden ribs and roof rafters, and the portals are board and batten. Many of the wall boards and battens are missing, and the abutments have been almost entirely replaced with reinforced concrete. Builder D. Kostenbauder is credited with its construction. The bridge was listed for its engineering value. Covered bridges of this type are rare in the county, since none have been built there in the last half century. Bridges like this one were needed as towns grew and as local farms and mills depended on travel between them.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"D. Kostenbauder (builder)","architectural_style":"Burr Truss Arch","criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.094651-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79003191.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003191/04cc5f7735-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003191/04cc5f7735-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ruhrfisch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Davis_Covered_Bridge_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch</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:Davis_Covered_Bridge_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992818","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5241869"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/columbia-county/davis-covered-bridge-79003191/"}