{"nrhp_refnum":"80003395","name":"Sauck's Covered Bridge","other_names":["See Also:Gettysburg National Military Park"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"SW of Gettysburg on T 326, Cumberland/Freedom Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gettysburg","county":"Adams County","state":"PA","lat":39.797673658000065,"lon":-77.27610960799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Town truss covered bridge over Marsh Creek on T326 Water Works Road in Cumberland and Freedom Townships, Adams County, Pennsylvania, located within Gettysburg National Military Park. It is dated c.1854 and is closed to traffic.","why_significant":"The document argues the bridge is one of Pennsylvania's few Town truss covered bridges and the only one in its area of the state, and that its open sides are unique in the state. It is also tied to the Battle of Gettysburg, as Union troops crossed it on July 1, 1863 and Confederate forces used it during the retreat on July 3-5, 1863.","narrative":"Sauck's Covered Bridge is a Town truss covered bridge spanning Marsh Creek in Cumberland and Freedom Townships, Adams County, Pennsylvania, inside Gettysburg National Military Park. Dated to about 1854, it is 100 feet long and 15 feet 4 inches wide, and it is regarded as one of Pennsylvania's few Town truss covered bridges and the only one of its type in its area of the state. Its open sides are described as unique in the state. During the Gettysburg Campaign, Union brigades of the 1st Corps crossed it on the morning of July 1, 1863 on their way toward the battlefield, and Humphreys' Division of the Third Corps crossed it that evening. Later, during the Confederate retreat of July 3, 1863, the army's main column used the bridge to leave the battlefield, and the surrounding Marsh Creek area served as encampment, hospital, burial ground and pasture. Its wartime role is the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Closed to traffic","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.472088-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003395.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003395/d59043f647-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003395/d59043f647-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"MGVH","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sachs_Bridge_-_Gettysburg.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">MGVH</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:Sachs_Bridge_-_Gettysburg.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"67000017","name":"Eisenhower National Historic Site","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/eisenhower-national-historic-site-67000017/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992112","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachs_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7396771"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/adams-county/saucks-covered-bridge-80003395/"}