Rating:
48920
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Herr's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-21
Photos
38 36 21 herrs mill side1
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt June 2, 2006
BH Photo #273372
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.cfm
Bridge 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
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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
Being disassembled and moved to Elizabethtown for preservation:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=412121495982893&...