| Location | Northwest of Shanksville off Legislative Route 55068, Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°1′33″N 78°55′16″W |
| Locmapin | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Built | 1881 |
| Builder | Tobias Glessner |
| Architecture | Kingpost truss |
| Added | December 10, 1980 |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Refnum | 80003631[1] |
The Glessner Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1881, and is a 90-foot (27-metre), multiple Kingpost truss bridge, with half-height plank siding and a tin covered gable roof. The bridge crosses Stonycreek River. It is one of ten covered bridges in Somerset County.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
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- ^ Herb Berman and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Glessner Bridge (none). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 9, 2026. ()