Hassenplug Bridge

Hassenplug Bridge
Hassenplug Covered Bridge, April 2010
Hassenplug Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Hassenplug Bridge
Hassenplug Bridge is located in the United States
Hassenplug Bridge
LocationN. 4th St.,
Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°55′25″N 77°3′0″W / 40.92361°N 77.05000°W / 40.92361; -77.05000
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1825
Architectural styleBurr Truss
MPSUnion County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.80003641[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 8, 1980

The Hassenplug Bridge is an historic wooden covered bridge which is located in Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania.

The oldest covered bridge in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the American state with the most covered bridges), it is also purportedly the oldest covered bridge in the United States,[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Evans, Benjamin D.; Evans, June R. (2004). New England's Covered Bridges. Hanover, New Hampshire, USA: University Press of New England. p. 121. ISBN 1-58465-320-5.