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Coordinates: 40°38′20″N 77°0′5″W / 40.63889°N 77.00139°W / 40.63889; -77.00139
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East Oriental Covered Bridge
East Oriental Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
East Oriental Covered Bridge
East Oriental Covered Bridge is located in the United States
East Oriental Covered Bridge
Nearest cityMeiserville, Pennsylvania and Oriental, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°38′20″N 77°0′5″W / 40.63889°N 77.00139°W / 40.63889; -77.00139
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Architectural styleBurr truss
MPSCovered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties TR
NRHP reference No.79002246[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 1979

The East Oriental Covered Bridge, also known as the Sheaffer Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Perry Township near Meiserville in Snyder County, Pennsylvania and Susquehanna Township near Oriental in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. It is a 90-foot-long (27 m) Burr Truss bridge. It crosses Mahantango Creek, but is no longer in vehicle use.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Susan M. Zacher and Tobi Casner (February 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Juniata and Snyder Counties: East Oriental Covered Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved 2009-10-20. [dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Google satellite image". Retrieved 2012-06-22.
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