Ebenezer Bridge

Ebenezer Bridge, Mingo Creek County Park, Washington County, Pennsylvania

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Ebenezer Bridge

For the next few weeks, Wednesday will be Covered Bridge Day on my blog.  This will not be quite as structured a theme as the Ringling Museum set as I will be bouncing around half-a-dozen different states to bring you some of the varied styles of Covered Bridges.

Ebenezer Bridge, Mingo Creek County Park, Washington County, Pennsylvania

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This is Ebenezer Bridge, sometimes just known as Ebenezer Church Bridge.  It is located in Mingo Creek County Park, just north of Kammerer in Nottingham Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.  It is a queenpost truss bridge, 38ft 4in in length, now spanning Mingo Creek.  The bridge was moved to its present location in Mingo Creek County Park in 1977 where it is one of two Covered Bridges in the park, the other being Henry Bridge.  During the move, Ebenezer Bridge was altered to rest on abutments remaining from another structure.

Ebenezer Bridge, Mingo Creek County Park, Washington County, Pennsylvania

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From the side, the revised structure resembles an old-style train caboose; otherwise it is of similar design to the other bridges in Washington County, including Henry Bridge.  The bridge has a sheet metal roof and a deck of cross planking heavily reinforced with 5 steel I-beams.  It is covered in vertical board planking and painted barn red inside and out.

The covered bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in June 1979 as part of the listing for all the covered bridges of Washington and nearby Greene Counties.

The most comprehensive guide for finding in this area is Pennsylvania’s Covered Bridges: A Complete Guide by Benjamin D. Evans.  It was published quite a few years ago now (but is still available on Amazon) but nothing else even comes close.