Shaffer's Bridge

	Shaffer's Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	West of Tire Hill on Township 634, Conemaugh Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°16′52″N 78°57′52″W / 40.28111°N 78.96444°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1877
Architectural style	Burr arch
MPS	Covered Bridges of Somerset County TR
NRHP reference No.	80003637
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1980

LocationWest of Tire Hill on Township 634, Conemaugh Township, Pennsylvania

Coordinates40°16′52″N 78°57′52″W / 40.28111°N 78.96444°W

Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)

Built1877

The Shaffer's Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1877, and is a 68-foot-2-inch-long (20.78 m) Burr truss bridge, with a shingle covered gable roof. The bridge crosses Ben's Creek. It is one of 10 covered bridges in Somerset County.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

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Shaffer's Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	West of Tire Hill on Township 634, Conemaugh Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°16′52″N 78°57′52″W / 40.28111°N 78.96444°W / 40.28111; -78.96444
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1877
Architectural style	Burr arch
MPS	Covered Bridges of Somerset County TR
NRHP reference No.	80003637^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1980