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Overview Photos taken by Jack Schmidt |
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Photo taken by Jodi Christman in May 2004 |
Facts
- 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
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Total length: 132.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- 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") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/303843/4467591 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Landisburg
- 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
- February 15, 2009: New photos from Jodi Christman
- March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] comcast [dot] net
Comments
Rice's Covered Bridge
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