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Van Sant Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Bucks County, Pennsylvania

View north along Covered Bridge Road just before crossing Pidcock Creek on the Van Sandt Covered Bridge in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
View north along Covered Bridge Road just before crossing Pidcock Creek on the Van Sandt Covered Bridge in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania · Famartin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Van Sant Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 14 of them in Bucks County.

It was built in 1875, in the late 19th century, making it the 56th oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date; it is about 86 feet long (36th longest of 83 measured in Pennsylvania).

Status check, 2026-11: This Town-truss bridge over Pidcock Creek in Solebury Township was built in 1875 by G. Arndt and P. S. Naylor. It is also called the Van Sandt or Beaver Dam Bridge. Van Sant Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.3269° N, 74.9581° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1875
Length86 ft
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates40.32694, -74.95806

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Questions

Where is Van Sant Covered Bridge?

Van Sant Covered Bridge is in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, at 40.3269, -74.9581.

How many covered bridges are in Bucks County?

Bucks County, Pennsylvania has 14 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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