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Weaver's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-02

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt

BH Photo #108651

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Big Conestoga River on Weaverland Road (TR 773)
Location
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1878
Builders
- B.J. Carter
- J.F. Stauffer
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 82.0 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
Also called
Isaac Shearer Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.14125, -75.99785   (decimal degrees)
40°08'29" N, 75°59'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/414998/4443912 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Morgantown
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80003511 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-36-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
PA 36 7203 0773 0302 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 31127 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,360)
B.J. Carter (2)
Built 1878 (105)
Built during 1870s (1,263)
Burr arch-truss (425)
Conestoga River (16)
Covered (1,941)
Functionally obsolete (5,826)
J.F. Stauffer (1)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (180)
 NR-listed (3,013)
Open (40,968)
Owned by county (21,607)
Pennsylvania (5,773)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,651)
Through truss (16,760)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,791)
Truss (35,433)
Wooden deck (6,159)

Update Log 

  • March 4, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • June 14, 2011: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Corrected map location
  • March 5, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

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