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North Oriental Covered Bridge

Coordinates: 40°39′42″N 77°0′41″W / 40.66167°N 77.01139°W / 40.66167; -77.01139
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North Oriental Covered Bridge
North Oriental Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
North Oriental Covered Bridge
North Oriental Covered Bridge is located in the United States
North Oriental Covered Bridge
Nearest cityMeiserville, Pennsylvania and Oriental, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°39′42″N 77°0′41″W / 40.66167°N 77.01139°W / 40.66167; -77.01139
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Architectural styleMultiple Kingpost
MPSCovered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties TR
NRHP reference No.79002247[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 1979

The North Oriental Covered Bridge, also known as Beaver Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Perry Township near Meiserville in Snyder County, Pennsylvania and Susquehanna Township near Oriental in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. It is a 62-foot-long (19 m) King post bridge. It crosses Mahantango Creek.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Susan M. Zacher and Tobi Casner (c. 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties: North Oriental Covered Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved October 20, 2009. [permanent dead link]