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{{short description|Covered bridge in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox bridge
|bridge_name = Pine Grove Covered Bridge
|native_name =
|image = Pine Grove Covered Bridge Wide Side View 3000px.jpg
|image_size = 300px
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|carries = East Branch of Octoraro Creek (Connects Lancaster and Chester counties).
|crosses = [[Octoraro Creek#East Branch Octoraro Creek|East Branch of Octoraro Creek]]
|locale = [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]
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|design = Two span, double [[Burr arch King post truss]]
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|length = {{Convert|195|ft|m|1}}<ref name="dimensions">McCain cites the length as 198 feet while the county's visitor's guide cites the length as 204 feet and the County Commissioners guide state that the length is 195 feet long.</ref>
|width = {{Convert|15|ft|m|1}}
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|builder = [[Elias McMellen]]
|begin = 1884
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|coordinates = {{coord|39|47|37|N|76|02|41|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}
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The '''Pine Grove Covered Bridge''' is a [[covered bridge]] that spans the [[Octoraro Creek#East Branch Octoraro Creek|East Branch of Octoraro Creek]] on the border between [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]] and [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]] in [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. It is the longest covered bridge in Lancaster County. The bridge was built in 1884 by [[Elias McMellen]].

==Background==
The bridge has a two-span, wooden, double [[Burr arch truss]] design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It is the only two-span covered bridge still in use. The bridge's deck is made from oak planks. It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges on the outside, but is not painted on the inside. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in the traditional white color.

The bridge's [[World Guide to Covered Bridges|WGCB]] Number is 38-15-22/38-36-41. Added in 1980, it is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as structure number 80003521.<ref name="register">{{Cite web |title=PENNSYLVANIA - Lancaster County |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/PA/Lancaster/state3.html |access-date=2007-03-20 |website=National Register of Historic Places}}</ref> It is located at {{coord|39|47|36.6|N|76|2|39.6|W|type:city}} (39.7935, -76.04433).<ref name="Travis">{{Cite web |last=Travis, Dale |title=38-15-22/38-36-41 |url=http://www.dalejtravis.com/bridge/pennsylv/htm/3801522.htm |access-date=2006-08-08 |website=Round Barns & Covered Bridges}}</ref>

==Nearby covered bridges==
{{Lancaster County Existing Covered Bridges image map}}
*[[White Rock Forge Covered Bridge]], about {{Convert|4.4|mi}} northwest on White Rock Road, via Asheville and King Pen Roads.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:pine_grove_covered_bridge-from above 1.jpg|Far away view from above
File:Pine Grove Covered Bridge Wide Side View 3000px.jpg|Wide view
File:Pine Grove Covered Bridge Three Quarters View 3008px.jpg|Three-quarters view
File:Pine Grove Covered Bridge Inside 2000px.jpg|Inside of the bridge showing the double span Burr arch truss
File:Pine Grove Covered Bridge Burr Arch Truss 3008px.jpg|A closeup view of one of the arches
File:Pine_grove_covered_bridge-double_arch.jpeg|View of interior double arch
File:pine_grove_covered_bridge-from_above_2.jpeg|View from above and to the side
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Burr truss|Burr arch truss]]
*[[List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania]]
*[[List of Lancaster County covered bridges]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{Cite web |last=McCain, Dr. Roger A. |title=Pine Grove Bridge |url=http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/bridge/CBPG.html |access-date=2006-08-03 |website=A Guide to Old Covered Bridges of Southeastern Pennsylvania and nearby areas}}
*{{Cite web |year=2006 |title=Pine Grove Covered Bridge |url=http://www.padutchcountry.com/member_pages/pine_grove_covered_bridge__.asp |access-date=2006-07-07 |website=Lancaster County Pennsylvania Dutch Country Official Visitors Center |publisher=Pennsylvania Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau}}
*{{Cite web |date=2001-11-09 |title=The Covered Bridges of Lancaster County |url=http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/cwp/view.asp?a=15&Q=257050 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226225247/http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/cwp/view.asp?a=15&Q=257050 |archive-date=2005-12-26 |access-date=2006-07-07 |website=Lancaster County, PA Government Portal |publisher=County of Lancaster, Pennsylvania}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Pine Grove Covered Bridge}}
*{{HAER |survey=PA-586 |id=pa3945 |title=Pine Grove Bridge}}

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}
{{NRHP bridges}}

[[Category:Covered bridges in Chester County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1884]]
[[Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Burr Truss bridges in the United States]]

Pine Grove Covered Bridge - Revision history

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