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Book's Covered Bridge

Coordinates: 40°19′28″N 77°31′29″W / 40.32444°N 77.52472°W / 40.32444; -77.52472
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Book's Covered Bridge
Books Bridge, October 2010
Book's Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Book's Covered Bridge
Book's Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Book's Covered Bridge
LocationSouthwest of Blain on Legislative Route 50004, Jackson Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°19′28″N 77°31′29″W / 40.32444°N 77.52472°W / 40.32444; -77.52472
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1884
Architectural styleBurr
MPSCovered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties TR
NRHP reference No.80003592[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1980

The Book's Covered Bridge, also known as Kaufman Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Jackson Township near Blain in Perry County, Pennsylvania. It is a 70-foot-long (21 m) Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1884. It crosses Shermans Creek.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Susan M. Zacher (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Book's Covered Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved November 20, 2011.