{"nrhp_refnum":"80003639","name":"Forksville Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"LR 56007 spur, Forks Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Forksville","county":"Sullivan County","state":"PA","lat":41.48848018700005,"lon":-76.59979137899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered bridge with a single span of about 146 feet over Loyalstock Creek in Forks Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, serving the community of Forksville. It was built in 1850 by Sadler Rogers.","why_significant":"The nomination identifies it as a large one-span Burr truss covered bridge and one of only three covered bridges remaining in Sullivan County. It is listed as part of a thematic group of covered bridges in Bradford, Lycoming and Sullivan counties. The bridge is described as standing on its original site.","narrative":"Spanning Loyalstock Creek in Forks Township, Sullivan County, this covered bridge was built in 1850 by Sadler Rogers, who also built the Hillsgrove bridge. It is a large single-span Burr arch truss bridge, roughly 146 feet long and 15 feet wide, with vertical plank siding running almost to eave level on its walls. Its floor is made of narrow wooden strips laid across the width of the span. The bridge carries traffic into the small community of Forksville and is one of only three covered bridges still standing in Sullivan County. It is grouped with other covered bridges in the Bradford and Lycoming county area as part of a thematic study. Its surviving original construction and setting on its first site are the main reasons it was recognized as a significant historic structure. The bridge is recorded as being in good condition, and it is owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the state transportation department.","period_of_significance":"1850-1898","architect_builder":"Sadler Rogers (builder)","architectural_style":"Burr truss","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition recorded 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 17:11:32.515801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003639.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003639/9641c40939-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003639/9641c40939-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ruhrfisch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forksville_Covered_Bridge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Forksville_Covered_Bridge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993885","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forksville_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5469847"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/sullivan-county/forksville-covered-bridge-80003639/"}