Kidd's Mill Bridge, Spanning Shenango River at Kidd's Mills Road (Township Road 653), Greenville, Mercer County, PA
Summary
See also, "Structural Study of Smith Trusses," HAER No. PA-645. For an example of another Smith truss, see Rinard Bridge, HAER No. OH-130.
Significance: Kidd's Mill Bridge is the oldest and easternmost of twenty extant Smith truss covered bridges in the United States, and the only known surviving example of a Type 2 Smith truss.
Survey number: HAER PA-622
Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1990 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001793
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Smith, Robert
Smith Bridge Company
Kidds, Robert D
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Location
Greenville (Mercer County, Pa. : Township), 41.40450, -80.39118
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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