FACTORY/HORSHAM COVERED BRIDGE - WHITE DEER, PENNSYLVANIA

WHITE DEER CREEK

UNION COUNTY

BUILT - 1880s

Length - 60' .... W. of White Deer, White Deer Township. White Deer Pike W. 1.6 miles from jct with US15 in White Deer, S. on Grey Hill Rd. (T416) 0.15 miles to the bridge. Rehabilitated in 1954 and 1976. Steel stringer I-beams have been added to help provide additional traffic weight support up to 25 tons. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 8, 1980. Open to motor traffic. Truss Type - Timber Covered Bridge using a combination of  Multiple Kingpost & Queenpost Through Trusses,

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-60-04

GPS +41.07361, -76.90306

RISHEL COVERED BRIDGE - MONTANDON, PENNSYLVANIA

 

CHILLISQUAQUE CREEK

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY

BUILT - 1930

Length - 121' .... E. of Montandon, West Chillisquaque Township. PA45 E. 0.8 miles from jct with PA147 in Montandon, S. (curves E.) on Covered Bridge Rd. 1.1 miles to the bridge.  Built by John Shriner Jr. & Zacheus Braley. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 1979. Open to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Through Truss.

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-49-05

GPS +40.96017, -76.81567

At one point alleged to have been built in 1812 by James Moore II, father of the founder of nearby Bucknell University, which at the time would have made it the nation's oldest covered bridge, and it was widely promoted as such on postcards and tourist brochures, Later research in the 1980s proved it to have been built in 1830 instead.

SAM ECKMAN COVERED BRIDGE - SERENO, PENNSYLVANIA

 LITTLE FISHING CREEK

COLUMBIA COUNTY

BUILT - 1876

Length - 65' .... NE of Sereno. Sereno Hollow Rd. NE 2.4 miles from jct with PA42 just N. of Sereno, N. on Covered Bridge Rd. 0.05 miles to the bridge. Built by Joseph Redline for $498. Bridge named after Samuel Eckman a prominent local businessman who operated a farm, shingle mill, birch oil factory, and later established the Millville Creamery. 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 - 38-19-08

GPS  +41.17767, -76.49017     

GOTTLIEB BROWN/SAM WAGNER COVERED BRIDGE - MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA

CHILLISQUAQUE CREEK

MONTOUR/NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY

BUILT - 1881

Length - 95' .... E. of Milton (Northumberland County). PA642 ESE 2.9 miles from jct with PA147 in Milton, N. on Creek Rd. 0.7 miles, S. on Bridge Rd. 50' to the bridge. Built by George W. Keefer for $939. Bridge was rehabilitated in 1995. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 1979. Open to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Through Truss.

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-47-01/38-49-11

GPS +41.00183, -76.77400