50-ft. Bridge Dismantled and Stolen in Rural PA

Stolen bridge suggests the lengths to which scrap thieves will go

October 19, 2011
Coverts Crossing bridge as it looked before thieves dismantled and carried it off in late September.
Coverts Crossing bridge as it looked before thieves dismantled and carried it off in late September.

Two men have been arrested after they were accused of stealing the 50-ft., steel Covert's Crossing Bridge over the Mahoning River in Lawrence County, Penn. The men face felony charges of criminal mischief, theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy.

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