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St. Mary's Covered Bridge
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St. Mary's Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
St. Mary's Covered Bridge
Location in Pennsylvania
St. Mary's Covered Bridge is located in the United States
St. Mary's Covered Bridge
Location in the United States
Location 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Orbisonia on U.S. Route 522, Cromwell Township, Pennsylvania
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1889
Architectural style Howe truss
NRHP reference No. 80003503
Added to NRHP March 20, 1980

The St. Mary's Covered Bridge, also known as Shade Gap Covered Bridge and Huntingdon County Bridge No. 8, is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Cromwell Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is a 65.25-foot-long (19.89 m) 16.5-foot-wide (5.0 m), Howe truss bridge with cut stone abutments, constructed in 1889. It crosses the Shade Creek. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Huntingdon County.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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