{"nrhp_refnum":"80003628","name":"Beechdale Bridge","other_names":["Burkholder Bridge"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"SW of Berlin off US 219, Brothersvalley Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berlin","county":"Somerset County","state":"PA","lat":39.88172668500005,"lon":-79.03441350599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered bridge carrying T548 over Buffalo Creek, about 5 miles southwest of Berlin in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It is a Burr truss bridge, also called the Burkholder Bridge.","why_significant":"The document describes it as a short Burr truss bridge with a very shallow burr arch and low vertical plank side walls that leave much of the trussing open to view. Its gable roof is tin covered. The form is part of the Covered Bridges of Somerset County multiple property listing. The OCR text does not clearly state the specific criteria argument.","narrative":"A short covered bridge carrying T548 over Buffalo Creek about five miles southwest of Berlin in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, dates from 1870 and has a Burr truss. Its builder is unknown. The bridge is 52 feet long and 12 feet wide, with a clearance of 9 feet 6 inches and a load limit of 3 tons. Its truss is unusual in that the arch is very shallow, and low vertical plank side walls leave much of the trussing open to view. A tin-covered gable roof shelters the structure. It is one of several covered bridges in Somerset County that were documented together as a group. The bridge is in good condition and continues to show the construction methods of its period.","period_of_significance":"1870","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Burr truss","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed 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 17:11:33.140258-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003628.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003628/9a007d23ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003628/9a007d23ed-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BEECHDALE_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:BEECHDALE_COVERED_BRIDGE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993851","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechdale_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4879626"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/somerset-county/beechdale-bridge-80003628/"}