Pennsylvania once had at least 1,526 covered bridges, also called kissing bridges, and although only about 200 remain, that is still more than any other state in the US. The Fowlersville Covered Bridge was built in 1886 by Charles King for $397.00 and was named for the Fowler family, who became prominent after settling in the area following the Revolutionary War. One of the last bridges built in the county, it originally crossed the West Branch of Briar Creek on SR 1015 near Fowlersville in North Centre Township. In 1986 it was moved and rebuilt in Briar Creek County Park in Briar Creek, where it now spans an unnamed tributary of Briar Creek in a wooded section of the park and is accessible on foot seasonally. Increased trade operations in the 1820's made ferry traffic a bottleneck to commerce and created a need for bridges, while abundant local trees provided inexpensive building material. Because unprotected wooden bridges might last only 10 to 15 years, but bridges whose underpinnings were sheltered by a roof could stand up to 80 years, this covered design became known as the Permanent Bridge. Built by local bridge builders, covered bridges developed varying construction styles across the state. Fowlersville Covered Bridge measures 40 feet, 1-1/2 inches in overall length and uses a Queenpost truss, a design with two supporting posts that can span longer openings than a kingpost, which uses one central supporting post.