Van Sandt Bridge Covered Bridge

by Debra Fedchin

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Van Sandt Bridge Covered Bridge

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Debra Fedchin

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Photograph - Photograph

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A Capture of the Van Sant Covered Bridge (Van Sandt Covered Bridge), also known as the Beaver Dam Bridge and Van Sandt Crybaby Bridge, is a historic covered bridge located in Solebury Township, near New Hope in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Built in 1875, the 86 foot, town truss span crosses the Pidcock Creek near Washington Crossing State Park.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1980.

Rumored to be haunted as the legend goes, many years ago a young woman got pregnant out of wedlock. Her family wanted nothing to do with her and her child. So upset was she by this that after giving birth, she crept out in the middle of the night with her baby in her arms and headed to the nearby bridge. Once there, she flung her baby into the water and then hung herself from the bridge’s rafters. In the case of the Van Sant Bridge, the story goes that if you park your car in the middle of the bridge you can hear not only the wail of the poor forlorn babe, but also the toes of the hanging woman scraping your car roof. One intrepid ghost hunter, however, surmises that the crying sound actually comes from red foxes that apparently inhabit the area. Apart from the unwed mother of the crybaby legend, the Van Sant Bridge is also reputed to have been a hanging place for horse thieves.

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September 5th, 2014

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