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Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-12

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt

BH Photo #108613

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Cocalico Creek on Cocalico Creek Road in Reamstown
Location
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1891
Builder
- Elias McMellen
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)
Quadrangle 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 Management System number)
BH 31080 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,574)
Built 1891 (228)
Built during 1890s (2,984)
Burr arch-truss (354)
Covered (1,650)
Elias McMellen (11)
Have street view (26,956)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (153)
NR-listed (2,961)
 Open (39,897)
Owned by county (20,789)
Pennsylvania (5,319)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,077)
Structurally deficient (14,185)
Through truss (15,087)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,300)
Truss (32,814)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • August 28, 2016: New photos from John Loxton
  • March 4, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added street view and imported photos
  • June 14, 2011: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Corrected typo in name
  • May 10, 2009: New photos from Brian McKee
  • March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

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Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-12
Posted January 22, 2020, by James Ackley (jackley [at] iu12 [dot] org)

Bucher's covered bridge is only 64 feet long. It is one of the shortest covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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.