WayfarrowTrostletown Bridge
Covered bridge · Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Trostletown 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 Stonycreek River; it is about 104 feet long (22nd longest of 83 measured in Pennsylvania).
Status check, 2026-11: Sources disagree on the build date (the NRHP/Wikipedia say 1845, others say 1873); it is a pedestrian-only bridge in Stoystown Lions Club Park, restored starting in 1965 and again in 1993. Trostletown Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.0958° N, 78.9456° W.
Key facts
| Crosses | Stonycreek River |
|---|---|
| Length | 104 ft |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 40.09583, -78.94556 |
Nearby places
- Glessner Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 5 mi
- Walter's Mill Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 7.3 mi
- New Baltimore Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 11.9 mi
- Shaffer's Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 12.9 mi
- Beechdale Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 15.5 mi
- New Paris Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 16.4 mi
- Diehls Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 16.8 mi
- Packsaddle Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 17.2 mi
- Ryot Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 17.3 mi
- Dr. Knisley Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 18.7 mi
- Heirline Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 19.4 mi
- Barronvale Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 19.9 mi
Questions
Where is Trostletown Bridge?
Trostletown Bridge is in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at 40.0958, -78.9456.
How many covered bridges are in Somerset County?
Somerset County, Pennsylvania has 11 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- National Register of Historic Places — National Register of Historic Places record (public-domain)
- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
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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.