{"nrhp_refnum":"80003421","name":"Osterburg Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"W of Osterburg on T 757, East St. Clair Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Osterburg","county":"Bedford County","state":"PA","lat":40.17698361600003,"lon":-78.54136465099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered bridge over Bob's Creek in East St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, carrying Township Road T757, owned by Bedford County. It is listed as part of the Bedford County Covered Bridges thematic resource group.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bridge is eligible as an example of a type of transportation structure, embodying 19th-century wood bridge technology once common in Bedford County. Its open framework resembles the Diehl covered bridge, and it has unusual horizontal bracing at the top level of the arch. The bridge is one of the extant covered bridges in the county.","narrative":"A covered bridge over Bob's Creek in East St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, carries Township Road T757 across the stream. It is a Burr truss bridge with an end post length of 90 feet, a roadbed width of 9 feet 10 inches, and a clearance of 11 feet 9 inches. Its open framework is similar to that of the Diehl covered bridge, and it has an unusual arrangement of horizontal beams bracing the top level of the arch. The bridge is owned by Bedford County. It is considered an example of 19th-century wood bridge technology, a method of construction that was once common throughout Bedford County. The bridge is one of the county's surviving covered bridges, which were valued for their engineering and their aesthetic character. Its condition is recorded as good.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Good condition as recorded in the form.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.767074-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003421.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003421/fa9ac03309-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003421/fa9ac03309-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"{{{1}}}","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osterburg_Covered_Bridge_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">{{{1}}}</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osterburg_Covered_Bridge_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992296","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osterburg_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7107652"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bedford-county/osterburg-covered-bridge-80003421/"}