Bitzer's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-04

Photos

Photo taken by Brian McKee in May 2009

BH Photo #140140

Overview: Covered bridge over Conestoga Creek on Covered Bridge Road (SR 1013)
Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1846. Reconstructed 1997.
Builders: - Geo Fink
- Sam Reamsnyder
Design: Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Span length: 98.0 ft.
Total length: 98.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980
Also called: Eberly's Mill Bridge
Eberly's Cider Mill Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.14050, -76.15200 (decimal degrees)
40°08'26" N, 76°09'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/401866/4443987 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Ephrata
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 609
Inventory numbers: PA 36 1013 0250 0746 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
WGCB 38-36-04 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PANBI 21396 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
NRHP 80003516 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 42548 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2016): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 62.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

March 4, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added NRHP info, street view & imported photos
February 10, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: Merged NBI Data
May 10, 2009: Added by Brian McKee

Bitzer's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-04

Posted October 11, 2015, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Truck attack:

Bitzer's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-04

Posted September 12, 2011, by Daniel Hopkins (chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net)

Recently damaged by the flooding; it appears to have been utterly destroyed or at least damaged according to Lancaster County News.