HOLLINGSHEAD COVERED BRIDGE - CATAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA

CATAWISSA CREEK

COLUMBIA COUNTY

BUILT - 1851

Length - 128'.... E. of Catawissa, Catawissa Township. PA42/487 S. 0.5 miles from jct PA487 & PA42 in Catawissa, W. on Mountain Rd. 0.6 miles, N. on Old Reading Rd. 150' to the bridge. The bridge was built by Peter Ent for a cost of $1,180.00. The bridge was named for Henry Hollingshead who owned a nearby mill. Bridge was rehabilitated in 1999. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979. Open to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Through Truss.

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-19-34

GPS +40.95200, -76.44783

SNYDER COVERED BRIDGE - CATAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA

 

ROARING CREEK

COLUMBIA COUNTY

BUILT - 1876

Length - 66'.... SE of Catawissa, Locust Township. PA42 SE 3.5 miles from jct with PA487 just S. of Catawissa, E. (curves S.) on Ideal Park Rd. (SR2001) 1.3 miles, E. on Rarig Rd. (T361) 200' to the bridge. Probably named after John Snyder who had a grist mill in the near vicinity. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979. Open to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Queenpost Through Truss.

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-19-14

GPS +40.90133, -76.39450

DAVIS COVERED BRIDGE - CATAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA

 

ROARING CREEK

COLUMBIA COUNTY

BUILT -1875

Length - 87'.... S. of Catawissa, Cleveland Township. PA42 S. 2.6 miles from jct with PA487 in Catawissa, W. on McIntyre Rd. 0.2 miles, S. on Shakespeare Rd. 1.0 miles to the bridge. Built by Daniel Kostenbauder at a cost of $1, 248.00. The bridge was later named Davis after a Davis who lived on a nearby farm who began repairs on the bridge in the late 1800s. Bridge was rehabilitated in 1997. Posted on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979. Bridge open to motor traffic. Truss Type -Covered Burr Arch Through Truss.

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-19-16

GPS +40.91050, -76.44000

ESTHER FURNACE COVERED BRIDGE - CATAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA

 

         ROARING CREEK

        COLUMBIA COUNTY

       BUILT - 1882

Length - 101' .... S. of Catawissa, Cleveland Township. PA487 S. 3.7 miles from jct with PA42 in Catawissa, E. on Ashton Hollow Rd. 0.3 miles, continue W. on Ridge Rd. 0.4 miles, S. on Esther Furnace Rd. 0.4 miles to the bridge. Built by C.W. Eves at a cost of $1,044.75. Bridge is named after the Esther iron smelting furnace built in 1817. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979. Open to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Two-Span  Queenpost Through Truss. 

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-19-20

GPS +40.90667, -76.45983