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Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-12
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
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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)
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
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
- Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Wikipedia
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- John Loxton
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Bucher's covered bridge is only 64 feet long. It is one of the shortest covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.