Overview
The Waterford Covered Bridge is located in Waterford Township, just east of the borough of Waterford. The bridge is located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) from Waterford on Niemeyer Road (Township Road 463), which intersects Water Street in Waterford 0.3 miles (0.5 km) off of U.S. Route 19. The bridge crosses the LeBoeuf Creek, a tributary of French Creek.
The bridge was designed by Richard Cross using a Town lattice truss. The Town lattice truss was patented by Ithiel Town in 1832 and was used to make bridges with small, light pieces instead large, heavy pieces that were more expensive to make. They are only nineteen Town lattice truss bridges remaining in Pennsylvania and the Waterford Covered Bridge is only one in Erie County. The bridge also has "an unusual, blue, metal pipe structure" on the exterior of the bridge's south side supported with a king post framework.
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