Herr's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-21
Description
Incorporated into commercial Mill Bridge Village ca. 1970, now part of Mill Bridge Village Camp Resort, the bridge has had end doors for years. At one point used as a museum, now reportedly used to house horse buggies garage-style. http://www.millbridge.com/attractions.cfmBridge has been seriously neglected in recent years, with flood damage in 2007 and a sagging span and threat of collapse, and a recent arson blaze (quickly extinguished). Lancaster County Historic Preservation Trust placed bridge on its list of "Most Endangered" for 2015 (see linked article).
Facts
- Overview
- Burr arch-truss covered bridge over Pequea Creek off S. Ronks Road
- Location
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- Future prospects
- Bridge has reportedly been offered for sale
- History
- Built 1844; bypassed 1971
- Builders
- - Joseph Elliott
- Robert Russell
- Design
- Two-span Burr arch
- Dimensions
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Total length: 178.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1989
- Also called
- Soudersburg Bridge
Mill Bridge Village Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.00957, -76.16205 (decimal degrees)
40°00'34" N, 76°09'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/400820/4429465 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Leola
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 80003537 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 36-36-21 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 48920 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 12, 2017: Merged duplicate pages
- July 30, 2016: New photos from John Loxton
- September 2, 2015: New photos from John Loxton
- January 13, 2015: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: corrected bypass date, added nomination to Endangered List and link to article
- September 15, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- September 10, 2014: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
- March 7, 2014: Added by Jack Schmidt
- March 4, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added NRHP info & imported photos
- May 18, 2012: New Street View added by Jodi Christman
- June 14, 2011: Added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
Sources
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Bill Eichelberger
- Bridge added to Historic Preservation Trust's 2015 Watch List of 10 most threatened properties
- This historic bridge can be yours for $1, if you have a place to put it: Cool Spaces - PennLive.com, Sept. 12, 2017
- John Loxton
Comments
Patrick... that's hilarious I didn't think about that barn-like aspect!
By the way, your hobby of bicycling to bridges is quite interesting... particularly since my own website started that way. Round trips of 100-200 miles were common as I photographed the bridges of southern Michigan and northern Indiana. I got a lot of bridges this way since I lived in Port Huron and then moved to Kalamazoo during the time I was doing this. Sadly I am so busy these days I lack the time to do such long bike trips. I do miss it sometimes. http://www.historicbridges.org/truss/bighill/pict1116.jpg
I always thought covered bridges looked like barns over water, but wow, this one has even got the barn doors!
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/lancaster/bh48920/
Being disassembled and moved to Elizabethtown for preservation:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=412121495982893&...