Saturday, October 30, 2021

BITZER'S MILL/EBERLY'S CIDER MILL COVERED BRIDGE - EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA















 CONESTOGA CREEK
LANCASTER COUNTY
BUILT - 1846

Length - 99' ... ESE of Ephrata, West Earl Township. PA322 SE 1.1 miles from jct with US222 just SE of Ephrata, E. on Cabin Dr. 1.1 miles, continue E. on Conestoga Creek Rd. 0.4 miles, S. on Cider Mill Rd. 0.15 miles to the bridge. Built by George Fink and Sam Reamsnyder at a cost of $1,115. Rehabilitated in 1997, 2015, and 2017. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980. Open to through traffic. Truss Type -  Covered Single Span, Double Burr Arch with addition of steel hanger rods with secondary steel I-beams to to support the bridge from underneath. 
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-36-04

GPS +40.14050, -76.15200

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