{"nrhp_refnum":"80003632","name":"King's Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"W of Somerset off PA 653, Middlecreek Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Somerset","county":"Somerset County","state":"PA","lat":39.93765861900005,"lon":-79.27121185399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered wooden Burr truss bridge over Laurel Hill Creek, about three miles west of New Lexington in Middlecreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The form records it as built in 1806 and rebuilt in 1906.","why_significant":"The form lists it as one of the ten covered bridges of Somerset County examined under the county multiple property cover sheet. Its significance rests on its surviving covered timber construction and its place among the county's remaining covered bridges.","narrative":"King's Bridge is a covered timber bridge carrying a road surface across Laurel Hill Creek in Middlecreek Township, about three miles west of New Lexington in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It is a Burr truss structure with a length of 127 feet 4 inches, a width of 12 feet 4 inches, and a clearance of 11 feet. The bridge rests on large cut stone abutments and has a gabled roof covered in asbestos sheeting, with vertical plank side walls and a window opening beneath the eaves. The original builder is not known. Records date its first construction to 1806, and a rebuilding in 1906 is recorded for the present structure. It was documented as one of the ten covered bridges in Somerset County, a group that represents the county's surviving historic covered timber bridge construction. Its listing rests on that surviving construction and its representation of the region's covered bridge tradition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition recorded as fair, with planks showing dry rot and some upright boards missing; foot traffic only, load not posted.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.976046-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003632.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003632/476e855ed7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003632/476e855ed7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jet Lowe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King%27s_Bridge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jet Lowe</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King%27s_Bridge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993853","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Bridge_(Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6410857"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/somerset-county/kings-bridge-80003632/"}