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Waggoner's Mill Covered Bridge

Perry County, Pennsylvania
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Overview

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt

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Overview
Covered bridge over Bixler Run on Wagner Road (TR 579)
Location
Perry County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1889
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Span length: 86.0 ft.
Total length: 86.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980
Also called
Waggoner Mill
Thompson Covered Bridge
Roddy's Mill Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.35942, -77.37283   (decimal degrees)
40°21'34" N, 77°22'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/298512/4470352 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Landisburg
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80003598 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-50-15 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31502 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,821)
Built 1889 (117)
Built during 1880s (1,045)
Burr arch-truss (226)
Covered (925)
NR-listed (2,354)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
 Owned by township (1,813)
Pennsylvania (3,038)
Perry County, Pennsylvania (44)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Through truss (9,206)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,795)
Truss (23,569)

Update Log 

  • April 12, 2012: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • September 18, 2010: New photo from Jodi Christman
  • February 15, 2009: New photos from Jodi Christman
  • March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

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