Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121

The Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121 is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Fishing Creek Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is a 112-foot-long (34 m), Burr Truss bridge constructed in 1850. It crosses the Huntington Creek. It is one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties. It is a twin of the Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120.[2]

Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The original West Paden Covered Bridge in 1982
Location	Pennsylvania Route 371, south of Catawissa, Fishing Creek Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°6′25″N 76°21′25″W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1850
Built by	Peter Ent
Architectural style	Burr Truss-Arch
MPS	Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR
NRHP reference No.	79003179[1]
Added to NRHP	November 29, 1979

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] The bridge was destroyed in a flood on June 28, 2006, and an identical replacement was built and dedicated on October 15, 2008.[3]

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 Bill Pennesi and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-19.
3. Robert Parks (November 2010). "Trials and Tribulations of a Historic Pair of Covered Bridges" (PDF). Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2012.

Interior of the rebuilt bridge in September 2012

West Paden Covered Bridge in May 2014