Bitzer's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-04

Photos 

Photo taken by Brian McKee in May 2009

Enlarge

BH Photo #140140

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

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. Rebuilt 2017.

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 2018)

672

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 March 2018)

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

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Update Log 

• July 24, 2018: Updated by Janis Ford: Added 2017 Rebuild
• 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

Sources 

• Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Nathan Holth
• Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Janis Ford

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