Grimes Covered Bridge
Why it's listed
Grimes Covered Bridge crosses Ruff Creek in Washington Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, near Waynesburg. Built in 1888, it is a kingpost truss bridge with an end post length of 31 feet 8 inches and a road surface width of 15 feet. It has vertical plank siding, a gable roof covered with raised seam tin, and cut stone block abutments. The bridge is one of a group of covered bridges in Washington and Greene Counties documented together as a multiple property submission. Its place in that group rests on its wood construction and simple local design, which the nomination treats as representative of covered bridge building in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. The surviving group, including this bridge, shows how wooden truss technology was applied to highway crossings in the region during the late nineteenth century. At the time of the record its condition was described as fair.
Significance in brief: The nomination presents the bridge as one of a group of covered bridges in Washington and Greene Counties that illustrate wood bridge-building technology and the simple local design of rural bridges in the region. It is listed as part of a multiple property submission.
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 79003820, listed June 22, 1979. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence low).
Key facts
| Address | Off PA 221 crossing Ruff Creek, Washington Township, Waynesburg |
|---|---|
| County | Greene County |
| Listed | June 22, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79003820 |
| Resource type | Structure |
| Areas of significance | Transportation |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition recorded as fair. |
| Acreage | 0.1 |
| Coordinates | 39.95462, -80.15957 (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.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 79003820.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5609245
- This listing as JSON
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