Pymatuning Township near Greenville in Mercer County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Kidd's Mill Covered Bridge

Photographed By Steve Cornell

1. Kidd's Mill Covered Bridge Marker

Inscription. Built in 1868, spanning the Shenango River. The only remaining bridge in Pennsylvania with an all-wooden truss design patented by Robert Smith of Tippecanoe City, Ohio. The last historic covered bridge in Mercer County, extending 120 feet in length and restored in 1990.

Erected 1995 by Pennsylvania Historical And Museum Commission.

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 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1868.

Location. 41° 21.289′ N, 80° 23.825′ W. Marker is near Greenville, Pennsylvania, in Mercer County. It is in Pymatuning Township. Marker is at the intersection of Reynolds Industrial Park Road (Pennsylvania Route SR 4012) and West Kidd's Mill Road, on the right when traveling east on Reynolds Industrial Park Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greenville PA 16125, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Camp Reynolds (approx. 1.1 miles away); Bigler Graves (approx. 2.3 miles away); First Sunday School in Mercer County (approx. 2.3 miles away); The Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (approx. 3.7 miles

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away); Semaphore Signal (approx. 3.7 miles away); Mile Post (approx. 3.7 miles away); Phone Box (approx. 3.7 miles away); Whistle Post (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greenville.

Photographed By Steve Cornell, circa July 2009

2. Kidd's Mill Covered Bridge Marker

Kidd's Mill Covered Bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Steve Cornell

3. Kidd's Mill Covered Bridge

Photographed By Steve Cornell

4. Kidd's Mill Covered Bridge

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2009. This page has been viewed 1,303 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 21, 2009, by Steve Cornell of Raritan Township, New Jersey. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.