{"nrhp_refnum":"80003438","name":"Van Sant Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"S of New Hope on T 392, Solebury Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Hope","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.32708674000003,"lon":-74.95770651299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered bridge over Pidcock Creek near Bowman's Hill in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, built in 1875. It is owned by Bucks County and is a Town truss structure 86 feet long and 15 feet wide.","why_significant":"The bridge is described as the typical Bucks County type of covered bridge in style. It was one of two bridges that once crossed Pidcock Creek and is nominated as part of a thematic group of covered bridges in the Delaware River watershed. The document states the bridge was often called Beaver Dam Bridge.","narrative":"Built in 1875 over Pidcock Creek near Bowman's Hill in Solebury Township, Bucks County, the Van Sant Covered Bridge is a Town truss structure measuring 86 feet in length and 15 feet in width. It is owned by Bucks County and is in good condition. The bridge is regarded as the typical Bucks County form of covered bridge in its style. It was often known as Beaver Dam Bridge and once shared the creek crossing with the Neely Mill Bridge, which was removed in 1937, leaving Van Sant as the survivor of the pair. Its listing rests on its representation of wooden bridge technology, and it was nominated as one of several covered bridges in the Delaware River watershed that together illustrate the county's bridge-building tradition. The surviving form gives a clear example of nineteenth century timber construction used across Bucks County.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Typical Bucks County covered bridge type; Town truss","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition described as good.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.532915-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003438.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003438/94202585f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003438/94202585f8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Famartin","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2026-10-07_11_51_00_View_north_along_Covered_Bridge_Road_just_before_crossing_Pidcock_Creek_on_the_Van_Sandt_Covered_Bridge_in_Solebury_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Famartin</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2026-10-07_11_51_00_View_north_along_Covered_Bridge_Road_just_before_crossing_Pidcock_Creek_on_the_Van_Sandt_Covered_Bridge_in_Solebury_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992468","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Sandt_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7913646"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/van-sant-covered-bridge-80003438/"}