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| Herline or Kinton Covered Bridge WGCB 38-05-11 Manns Choice, Bedford County, Pa |
| The Herline or Kinton covered bridge crosses the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River northeast of Manns Choice on what used to be the north road from Manns Choice to Schellsburg. It's WGCB designation is 38-05-11, Bedford county #42. It is a 16 panel double arch Burr truss, 136 feet in length. It is the longest remaining covered bridge in Bedford county. This particular variation of the Burr truss is typical of and unique to Bedford countys covered bridges built between 1870 & 1902. It was built in 1902, it is the newest of Bedford countys existing covered bridges. The Price or Weimer bridge was the only other bridge built that year, it was replaced in 1961. Bedford county has not built any covered bridges on public roads since. Herline closed to traffic in 1983, given by the state to Bedford county in 1994, and in 1996 it was completely dismantled & reconstructed over a new steel girder span on stone faced concrete abutments. The trusses no longer support the traffic load, just the roof, but unless you walk underneath it and look up, the modifications are not evident. Bedford county has used this method to preserve many of its remaining covered bridges, and in my estimation they'll easily last another 100 years. This portrait is 1/48 scale, and represents the Herline as it was in 1902, and is painted barn red as is the real one today. |
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