{"nrhp_refnum":"80003629","name":"Packsaddle Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"SW of Glen Savage off LR 55005, Fairhope Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glen Savage","county":"Somerset County","state":"PA","lat":39.86775374400003,"lon":-78.81723936999998,"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 multiple king post covered timber truss bridge over Brush Creek, located about 3 miles southwest of Glen Savage and 2 miles northwest of Fairhope in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The form gives its date of construction as 1870.","why_significant":"The form describes it as a short multiple king post bridge with full vertical plank siding and large cut stone abutments. It is one of the covered bridges in Somerset County nominated as a thematic group. The form records its condition as very good.","narrative":"Packsaddle Bridge is a covered timber bridge carrying a local road over Brush Creek about three miles southwest of Glen Savage and two miles northwest of Fairhope in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The structure is a multiple king post truss, a form built from vertical posts and diagonal members that spreads load along the span. The form dates its construction to 1870 and records the builder as unknown. The bridge measures 48 feet along the end posts and 14 feet in width, with an overhead clearance of 11 feet 2 inches and a rated load capacity of 3 tons. Its sides are closed with full vertical plank siding, and it rests on large cut stone abutments. The bridge is one of a group of covered bridges in Somerset County that were nominated together, and it is listed for its surviving construction and its place within that group.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition recorded as very good; the form does not state current use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.074885-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003629.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003629/55c31e3d29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003629/55c31e3d29-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"{{{1}}}","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Packsaddle_Covered_Bridge.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:Packsaddle_Covered_Bridge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993863","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packsaddle_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7123038"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/somerset-county/packsaddle-bridge-80003629/"}