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Pillow Covered Bridge

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

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Pillow Covered Bridge (Witmer's Covered Bridge)

Photo from Phil Schmitz Collection

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BH Photo #531574

Map 

Description 

Some information from lost bridges.org

Facts 

Overview
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Mahantango Creek
Location
Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Status
Destroyed by flooding and replaced
History
Built in 1839; Destroyed in 1972 Hurricane Agnes; New bridge built in place
Design
Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 110.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.0 ft.
Also called
Witmer's Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.64280, -76.79580   (decimal degrees)
40°38'34" N, 76°47'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/348154/4500655 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
545 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 97992 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,053)
Built 1839 (35)
Built during 1830s (304)
Burr arch-truss (748)
Covered (2,746)
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (148)
Destroyed by flood (745)
Lost (29,969)
Lost 1972 (110)
 Lost during 1970s (986)
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (96)
Owned by county (21,715)
Pennsylvania (6,307)
Pillow, Pennsylvania (2)
Through truss (17,843)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,511)
Truss (36,740)

Update Log 

  • May 18, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler

Sources 

  • Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com

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