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Photos taken by Jack Schmidt

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Overview: Covered bridge over Shermans Creek on Kennedy Valley Road (TR 333)
Location: Perry County, Pennsylvania
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1869; rehabilitated 2003
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Total length: 132.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980
Also called: Landisburg Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.33583, -77.30925 (decimal degrees)
40°20'09" N, 77°18'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: NRHP 80003596 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-50-10 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31495 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

Sources

Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List

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Rice's Covered Bridge

Posted April 27, 2007, by VONNY CLELAN HARRINGTON (VETLADIDANCES [at] MSN [dot] COM)

I WAS BORN IN LANDISBURG ,,SPENT MANY HOT SUMMER DAYS SWIMMING BY THE RICE BRIDGE WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS,,WHEN I VISITED THE AREA IN 2003 I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE ACROSS DUE THE REMODEL,,LOTS OF GOOD MEMORIES THERE,MY MOTHER NELLIE CLELAN IS NOW 101 YEARS OLD ,,SHE WENT OVER THAT BRIDGE MANY TIMES,, VONNY CLELAN -HARRINGTON,, BOISE ,IDAHO