Pleasantville Bridge

Pleasantville Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Oley Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is a 126-foot-long (38 m), Burr Truss bridge, constructed between 1852 and 1856. It was built in two stages due to wood shortages after the Great Flood of 1850. It crosses the Manatawny Creek. It is one of five covered bridges remaining in Berks County.[2]

Pleasantville Bridge
Pleasantville Covered Bridge, October 2009
LocationSouth of Mantawny on Township 916, Oley Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°22′44″N 75°44′21″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1852, 1856
Built byRenno, David; Bitner, Jonathan
MPSBerks County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.81000533[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 23, 1981

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]

  • Pleasantville Covered Bridge detail, Summer 1999 (HAER Photo)

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pleasantville Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-15.


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