Tag Archives: Covered-Bridges Built in 1850 by Sadler Rogers, this bridge uses a Burr Arch design and crosses the Loyalsock Creek for a length of 146 feet. It was refurbished in the 1980s and is in very good condition. It is open to daily vehicular traffic but as the sign says “No trucks !”. It is located on...  This bridge was built in the farming community of Ickesburg Pennsylvania in 1919 by Adair Brothers who were responsible for the building of several of Perry County’s fourteen existing covered bridges. It crosses Big Buffalo Creek for a length of seventy one feet. It utilizes a Queenpost design and a kingpost. The bridge was bypassed...  This bridge is the only remaining bridge in Lancaster County Pennsylvania that is painted white. It was originally built in 1873 on Rettew Mill Road near Ephrats Township by master bridge builder Elias McMellen for a cost of $2,075. It was destroyed by flooding in 1891 and rebuilt that same year, again by McMellen. In...  The Dellville Covered bridge runs 174 feet across the Sherman Creek in Wheatfield Township, a small community in Perry County, Pennsylvania. The bridge uses a Burr truss design and is open to traffic although the road that crosses it dead ends in a parking lot suitable for about 5-6 cars. There is a new concrete...  The Buttonwood Covered Bridge is the shortest and most heavily travels of the three remaining historic covered bridges found in Lycoming County Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1898 and spans the Blockhouse Creek for a length of 69 feet. The bridge is also known as “Blockhouse Bridge”. The bridge was restored in 1998, receiving...  The Pool Forge Covered Bridge resides within the historic Pool Forge park in Caenarvon Township, a rural area within Lancaster County’s famous Amish countryside. Built by Levi Fink and Elias McMellen in 1859 at the cost of $1219, it spans the Conestoga Creek for 99 feet. It was also known as Yohn’s Mill Bridge. It’s...  The Wehr’s Covered Bridge is located in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. It utilizes a Burr-arch truss design and spans 137 feet over the Jordan Creek. It was built in 1841 and restored in 1965. It’s open to daily traffic and is one of two covered bridges in “Covered Bridge Park”. The WGCB # for this... |
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