{"nrhp_refnum":"80003475","name":"McGees Mills Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"W of Mahaffey","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mahaffey","county":"Clearfield County","state":"PA","lat":40.87999009300006,"lon":-78.76510408099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-span Burr truss covered bridge carrying T322 across the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Bell Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, near the village of McGee's Mills. The form gives a date of 1873.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bridge is the last covered bridge spanning the West Branch of the Susquehanna and the only remaining covered bridge in Clearfield County. It is presented as a surviving example of a once common rural structure type that represented a major period in wood bridge technology in Pennsylvania during the 19th century.","narrative":"Near the village of McGee's Mills in Bell Township, Clearfield County, a single 109-foot span of Burr truss carries the road across the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. The bridge was built in 1873 and is roofed with a shingled gable, sided horizontally, and set on cut stone abutments. Its interior has been encased with protective wooden walls. The village grew from a gristmill and sawmill established by James McGee in 1826, and the bridge still carries local traffic in a largely agricultural area. The nomination treats it as the last covered bridge spanning the West Branch and the only one left in Clearfield County. Its significance lies in representing a once widespread type of rural crossing that marked a key period in American wood bridge construction, a type that has largely disappeared across Pennsylvania since the flood of 1972.","period_of_significance":"1873","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Burr truss","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; the form marks the bridge as altered and the original site as retained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.391607-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003475.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003475/4ad46d9950-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003475/4ad46d9950-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McGees_Mills_Covered_Bridge_-_Pennsylvania.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McGees_Mills_Covered_Bridge_-_Pennsylvania.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996359","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGees_Mills_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6801245"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/clearfield-county/mcgees-mills-covered-bridge-80003475/"}