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Overview: Covered bridge over Cocalico Creek on Cocalico Creek Road in Reamstown
Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1891
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 54.1 ft.
Total length: 55.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.20783, -76.13450 (decimal degrees)
40°12'28" N, 76°08'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/403452/4451442 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Ephrata
Inventory numbers: NRHP 80003514 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-36-12 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PA 36 7210 0855 0502 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31080 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 150

Butcher's Mill Covered Bridge

Posted December 22, 2009, by Harold Scudder (hlscudder [at] cablespeed [dot] com)

The correct spelling of the name of this bridge is; Bucher's.