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This new bridge type, wooden with a covered span, was developed because traditional European methods, typically stone bridges, were not appropriate for the harsh Pennsylvania winters. Many of the bridges were named for pioneer families residing near the bridges. [2] Some people call Pennsylvania the "Covered Bridge Capital of the Nation". [2]
The Academia Pomeroy Covered Bridge at 278-foot-long (85 m) (portal to portal) is the longest remaining covered bridge in Pennsylvania.. Built in 1902, this single-lane, double-span wooden covered bridge crosses Tuscarora Creek between Spruce Hill and Beale Townships, in Juniata County.
Pennsylvania (petit) truss Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR Bridge in Lynn Township: 1880 Removed March 21, 2003: Steinsville: Lehigh: Bowstring arch: Bridge in New Garden Township: 1871 June 22, 1988 Removed March 23, 2010: Landenberg
East of Gettysburg, A Gray Shadow Crosses York County, PA. York, PA: York Daily Record/York County Heritage Trust. ISBN 0-9710416-4-4. Sheldon, George (2006). Fire on the River, The Defense of the World's Longest Covered Bridge and How It Changed the Battle of Gettysburg. Lancaster, PA: Quaker Hills Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9779315-0-7.
The Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design. The bridge, which spans the Conestoga River, is 180 feet (55 m) long, making it the longest single span covered bridge in the county. [2]
It is the only two-span covered bridge still in use. The bridge's deck is made from oak planks. It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges on the outside, but is not painted on the inside. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in the traditional white color. The bridge's WGCB Number is 38-15-22/38-36-41.
Several bridges have been built on the site, with the first wooden covered bridge erected in the early 1830s to replace a nearby smaller toll bridge immediately upriver that had been destroyed by ice. Set on 26 stone piers, the new massive oaken structure was the longest covered bridge in the world (over a mile and a quarter in length).
The Barronvale Bridge, also known as Barron's Mill Bridge, is a historic covered bridge at Middlecreek Township, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania crossing Laurel Hill Creek. At 162 feet 3 inches (49.45 m) it is the longest remaining covered bridge in Somerset County. It is 13 feet 10 inches (4.22 m) wide.