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The Snooks Covered Bridge is a historic wooden
covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
located at East St. Clair Township Township in
Bedford County, Pennsylvania Bedford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,577. The county seat is Bedford. History In 1750 Robert MacRay, a Scots-Irish immigrant, opened the first trading post in Raystown ...
. Built in 1883 , it is a ,
Burr Truss The Burr Arch Truss—or, simply, Burr Truss or Burr Arch—is a combination of an arch and a ''multiple kingpost'' truss design. It was invented in 1804 by Theodore Burr, patented on April 3, 1817, and used in bridges, usually covered bridge ...
bridge with a shallow gable roof. It crosses
Dunning Creek Dunning Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Raystown Branch Juniata River in south west/south central Pennsylvania in the United Sta ...
. It is one of 15 historic covered bridges in Bedford County. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
in 1980.


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Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Covered bridges in Bedford County, Pennsylvania Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania Bridges in Bedford County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bedford County, Pennsylvania Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Burr Truss bridges in the United States {{Pennsylvania-bridge-struct-stub