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King's Bridge

Covered bridge · Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Eastern portal of the King's Bridge, which spans Laurel Hill Creek off Pennsylvania Route 653 west of Somerset in Middlecreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsyl
Eastern portal of the King's Bridge, which spans Laurel Hill Creek off Pennsylvania Route 653 west of Somerset in Middlecreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsyl · Jet Lowe / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

King's Bridge is a covered bridge in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 11 of them in Somerset County.

It crosses Laurel Hill Creek; it is about 127 feet long (12th longest of 83 measured in Pennsylvania).

Status check, 2026-11: This Burr-arch bridge over Laurel Hill Creek is closed to cars and was restored around 2008–2009; sources give its build year as 1802, 1806 or 1906, so no year is listed. King's Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 39.9375° N, 79.2714° W.

Key facts

CrossesLaurel Hill Creek
Length127 ft
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates39.93750, -79.27139

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Questions

Where is King's Bridge?

King's Bridge is in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at 39.9375, -79.2714.

How many covered bridges are in Somerset County?

Somerset County, Pennsylvania has 11 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.