Bloomsburg in Columbia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Rupert Covered Bridge

National Register

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 19, 2019

1. Rupert Covered Bridge Marker

Inscription. Plaque 1
This property
has been placed on the

National Register
of Historic Places

By the United States
Department of the Interior

Plaque 2
Rupert Covered Bridge

Columbia County Commissioners

William M. Soberick, Chairman
Chris E. Young
Leroy O. Diehl
Project Coordinator - Gail S. Kipp

Design Consultant Engineer - Larson Design Group, Inc.

Contractor - Lycoming Supply, Inc.

Year Built 1847

Rehabilitated - 2000

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. In addition, it is included in the Covered Bridges, and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1847.

Location. 40° 58.864′ N, 76° 28.359′ W. Marker is in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County. It is on Covered Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bloomsburg PA 17815, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

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in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Rupert Covered Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); Rupert (approx. 0.2 miles away); Native American Inhabitants Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Catawissa Friends Meeting (approx. half a mile away); Fort McClure (approx. 0.9 miles away); Wyoming Path (approx. 0.9 miles away); Welcome to Bloomsburg (approx. 1.1 miles away); Bloomsburg (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bloomsburg.

Regarding Rupert Covered Bridge. Statement of Significance (from 1979):

Columbia County's bridges are designed with either the King Post for shorter spans, Warren Truss, Queen Post for longer spans, Theodore Burr or the Howe Truss. Because covered bridges

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 19, 2019

2. Rupert Covered Bridge Marker

have not been built within the last half century in Columbia County, the design and
engineering of these structures is unique.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Also see . . .
1. Rupert Covered Bridge. (Submitted on December 29, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.)
2. Rupert Covered Bridge in PHMC Covered Bridges of Columbia & Montour Counties Thematic Resource. National Register 79003186 (Submitted on December 8, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 19, 2019

3. Rupert Covered Bridge Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 19, 2019

4. Rupert Covered Bridge Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 29, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 307 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 29, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.