Ryot Covered Bridge

The Ryot Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at West St. Clair Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It is a low to medium Burr Truss bridge with a shallow gable roof. It is one of 15 historic covered bridges in Bedford County.[2] It was damaged by fire in 2002, and reconstructed.

Ryot Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The bridge in October 2010
Location	South of Alum Bank on Township 559, northwest of Fishertown, West St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°8′32″N 78°37′30″W
Area	less than one acre
MPS	Bedford County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	80003416[1]
Added to NRHP	April 10, 1980

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] A request to remove the bridge from the National Register has been submitted after its being damaged by fire in 2002.

Burning

The bridge was set on fire by teenage arsonists in 2002. Most of the wooden parts of the bridge were badly damaged. The Ryot Bridge was rehabilitated only seven years earlier, so most of the added steel supports remained intact, along with the stone abutments. The bridge was restored by P. Joseph Lehman, Inc., at a total cost of $300,000.[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Bedford County Covered Bridges TR
3. http://www.lehmanengineers.com/work/ryot-covered-bridge/