Tag Archives: Covered-Bridges The Lehman Covered Bridge, sometimes known as the Port Royal Covered Bridge, crosses the Licking Creek at a length of 108 feet. It is privately owned by the Lehman family and is used as a private road entrance to their property on Mayer Road. The original bridge on this location was built in 1888 and...  The Kutz Mill Covered Bridge was built in 1854 by Bitner and Ahrens. It crosses the Sacony Creek at a length of 93 feet. The structure utilizes the Burr-Arch design and is in good condition. The bridge is owned and maintained by Berks County and is one of five remaining covered bridges in the county....  This Chester County Covered Bridge was originally built in 1854 and then rebuilt in 1881. In April 2006, it was moved from its original location in Marsh Creek State Park and reconstructed on a spot bordering a housing development on Graphite Mine Road just off of the intersection with Route 100. Today it provides a...  This beautiful bridge spans the Huntington Creek in Columbia County Pennsylvania. Built in 1875 by Joseph Redline, it has a Burr Arch truss design and is 110 feet in length. It was recently completely refurbished and is in excellent condition. It is not open to foot traffic and has picnic tables inside where people can...  The Esther Furnace bridge is named after a local iron smelting furnace built in 1817. The bridge was built in 1881 by C.W. Eves at a cost of $1,044.75. It utilized a Queen Post design and crosses the North branch of Roaring Creek with a length of 101 feet. It is located in Cleveland Township...  The West (in the foreground) and East (in the background) Paden bridges are better known as “The Twin Bridges”. They are the only twin covered bridges left in the United States. They cross the Huntington Creek in Fishing Creek Township Pennsylvania. They were built 1884 by W.C. Pennington at a cost of $720.00, and are...  The North Oriental Covered bridge has also gone by the name of “Beaver Covered Bridge”. It spans the Mahantango Creek near Meiserville Pennsylvania with one side in Snyder county and the other in Juniata County. The bridge was built in 1908 and is 69 feet long. Rebuilding was necessary in 1987 after a truck collided... |
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