St. Mary’s Covered Bridge

Responsibilities

  • Survey
  • Base Mapping
  • Utility Coordination
  • Historic Preservation
  • Permitting
  • Preliminary and Final Design for Bridge Rehabilitation
  • Preliminary and Final Design Roadway/Highway - Rehabilitation
  • Preliminary and Final Design Roadway/Highway - Safety improvements
  • Traffic Control
  • Erosion Control/NPDES Permitting

Owner

Huntingdon County Commissioners, Huntingdon County

Project Details

Huntingdon County Bridge No. 8 (known as St. Mary’s Covered Bridge) is located on Covered Bridge Road over Shade Creek in Cromwell Township.

This project involved the rehabilitation and preservation of the only remaining covered bridge in Huntingdon County. Repair and stabilization of the existing bridge components, with a focus on maintaining the historic character of this bridge, made up the general scope for this project. The repairs were made using in-kind materials and detailing similar to the original structure.

Preserving the original character of the structure while replacing deteriorated members made this project challenging. An interesting component of this project was preparing the main truss components by chipping and sanding paint while preserving the carved graffiti which in some instances was very old.

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We have worked with Keller Engineers for structural and civil engineering support on six projects over the past five years and have been very pleased with the results. Our projects tend to be complicated phased renovation/ addition projects calling for creativity in planning and construction.  I have been particularity pleased with their responsiveness to issues that arise during construction which is of particular importance to us and our clients. Vern L. McKissick, III, AIA, LEED AP, Owner/Architect McKissick Associates

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