{"nrhp_refnum":"80003422","name":"Fischtner Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"N of Stringtown off LR 05007, Londonderry Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stringtown","county":"Bedford County","state":"PA","lat":39.76361371100006,"lon":-78.75130861099996,"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 on private land off L.R. 05007 in Londonderry Township, near Stringtown, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, crossing Gladdens Run. The form dates it to 1880 and identifies its truss as multiple post.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bridge is eligible as an example of a type of transportation architecture, embodying 19th-century wood bridge technology once common in Bedford County. It notes the bridge has an unusual truss type for the county. The county survey counted 14 extant covered bridges, with one more altered.","narrative":"Fischtner Covered Bridge is a wood covered bridge built in 1880 over Gladdens Run in Londonderry Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It stands on private land off L.R. 05007 near Stringtown. The bridge has a multiple post truss, a form that is unusual for Bedford County. Its end posts are 56 feet long, the roadbed is about 13 feet wide, and the clearance is 12 feet. The structure is in good condition and continues to carry traffic to private land. It was nominated as part of a group of county covered bridges. Covered bridges of this kind were once common in Bedford County, and the survey counted fourteen surviving examples. Fischtner is valued as an example of nineteenth-century wood bridge building, showing how timber trusses were designed and assembled to carry local roads across streams.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good; currently used for access to private land.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.644106-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003422.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003422/45671d4827-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003422/45671d4827-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FISCHTNER_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:FISCHTNER_COVERED_BRIDGE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992300","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischtner_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5454449"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bedford-county/fischtner-covered-bridge-80003422/"}