Feltons Mill Covered Bridge
Why it's listed
Felton's Mill Covered Bridge is a wooden Burr truss bridge carrying a county road across Brush Creek in East Providence Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It is dated 1892 on the nomination form. The bridge has a high sidewall and a moderately pitched gable roof with wide overhangs. Its span is 105 feet end post to end post, with a roadway about 9 feet 6 inches wide and an overhead clearance of 11 feet 7 inches. Bedford County owns the structure, and it is closed to traffic. It was listed as part of a group of covered bridges in the county. The bridge is significant as an example of 19th-century wood bridge construction. Covered bridges of this kind were once common in Bedford County, and the nomination counts it among the county's surviving examples of that technology and of transportation engineering.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the bridge is eligible as an example of a type of transportation architecture, embodying wood bridge technology of the 19th century that was once common in Bedford County. It is one of the county's extant covered bridges, and the form treats it as part of the Covered Bridges of Bedford County thematic group.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 80003413, listed April 10, 1980. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | LR 05021, East Providence Township, Bedford |
|---|---|
| County | Bedford County |
| Listed | April 10, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80003413 |
| Resource type | Structure |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Engineering, Transportation, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Closed to traffic. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 39.97298, -78.28854 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 80003413.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5442684
- This listing as JSON
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