Kidd's Mill Covered Bridge
Posted by: Algoma!
N 41° 21.291 W 080° 23.817
17T E 550444 N 4578325
On Reynolds Industrial Park Road.
Waymark Code: WM1ME9
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2007
Views: 97
TEXT OF SIGN: Built in 1868, spanning the Shenango River. The only remaining bridge in Pennsylvania with an all-wooden truss design patented by Robert Smith of Tippecanoe City, Ohio. The last historic covered bridge in Mercer County, extending 120 feet in length and restored in 1990.
PHMC--1995
Marker Name: Kidd's Mill Covered Bridge
County: Mercer
Date Dedicated: 07/15/1995
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: SR 4012 5 miles S of Greenville (Reynolds Industrial Park Road)
Category: Transportation, Bridges
Website: [Web Link]
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