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    The 1903 Saville Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located in Saville Township in Perry County, Pennsylvania. It is a 60-foot-long span, Burr Truss bridge, constructed about 1903 by L. M Wentzel. It crosses Big Buffalo Creek.

     

    Length of largest span:  6 feet
    Total length:  71.9 feet
    Deck width:  13.1 feet
    Vertical clearance above deck:  11.5 feet

     

    Of the 1,500 covered bridges that once stood in the state of Pennsylvania, as of 2019, approximately 200 remain.

     

    Saville Bridge was posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980.

     

    Located at:  N40 26.281    W77 23.767    -    WGCB #38-50-07 #2

    Photographed in July of 2019

    Photos by Millard Farmer

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