Pennsylvania is filled with hundreds of fascinating
historical sites, but none of them are quite like Old Bedford Village in
Bedford, PA. Old Bedford Village is a living history museum that was
first opened to the public in 1976 to celebrate America’s bicentennial.
The village was constructed on former farmland that was cut in two due
to the construction of I-99 and the village still sits wedged into a
narrow valley between I-99 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Because of the construction of I-99, the land that would become Old
Bedford Village was totally inaccessible.
Ultimately, this problem was solved by moving Claycomb Covered Bridge,
one of the 14 historic covered bridges in Bedford County, to this site
to cross the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River.