
Knapp's / Luther Mills Covered Bridge
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Bridges by County
Covered Bridge
Adams County
Bedford County Berks County Bradford
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Bucks County Carbon
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Clearfield County Clinton
County Columbia
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Cumberland County Dauphin
County Erie County
Huntingdon County Juniata
County Lehigh
County Luzerne
County Lycoming
County Montour
County Northhampton County Northumberland County Perry County
Schuykill County Snyder
County Sullivan
County Union County
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Welcome to the Pennsylvania Covered Bridge web site, we are dedicated to the preservation and restoration of all remaining covered bridges through out the United States. Nearly 14000 authentic wooden covered bridges once existed in our Nation. Today less than 900 remain. Time and technology took its toll on the bridges until recent years when Federal grants came available for states to restore and rebuild many of the historic structures. Many of covered bridges are being destroyed by Mother Nature and at the hands of arsonist plus those that were on the verge of collapse. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Vermont have a combined total of over 550 authentic covered bridges with Pennsylvania leading with over 197. Many of the covered bridges still standing are over 150 years old. The historic data given here is as accurate as I could find through out my researching the bridges. Finding correct information about covered bridges is a never-ending process. There will always be conflicting documentation regarding year built, builder, length of bridge, truss type and even the waterway it crosses. I do hope everyone will appreciate the historical value that these bridges represent for the state of Pennsylvania and through out the United States. Please feel free to contact us at anytime for directions to any of these fine structures. We have traveled many back roads armed with Pennsylvania Road Atlas, County maps and directions documented in books written about the bridges, and we still got lost on occasions. They say that getting lost out in the back country is half the fun looking for these bridges, I feel when you are dealing with light to get a good photograph you need to be there at a specific time. My advice to anyone who is interested in photographing these beautiful historic bridges and finding them in less time should invest in a GPS unit, I can say after using one in three different counties that they are the greatest thing that came down the pike. Many sites on the net have coordinates for each of the bridges and nothing can be more simple. Bridge Information If anyone has any information about restorations or destructions of any of the covered bridges in Pennsylvania please email me. I will accept photos from any person of any covered bridges that are not displayed here. I would also like to have any up dated photos of any of the bridges I have on my site. I will give credit to the individual if I use the photo. Please send photos in 8X10, jpeg and 150 resolutions. Bridges Destroyed: 1. Bittenbender (Luzerne County) This bridge has also been washed out by the same flood that destroyed the West Paden Bridge in Columbia County. No information on restoration.
2. Gudgeonville (Erie County)
Tragedy falls on another one of our
historical structures.
NOTICE!!! Bridges Restored:
1. Shoemaker (Columbia County) This bridge
has been restored August 2008.
2. West Paden (Columbia County) is under
restoration at present. 3. Pomeroy/Academia (Juniata County) is under restoration. Click on the following link for complete information. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pajchs/restoration.html
4. Kramer (Columbia County) This bridge has
been completely restored.
5. Books (Perry County) This bridge has
been completely restored
6. Everhart (Dauphin County) This bridge
had originally been built in 1881 and in 1940 was moved to Fort
Hunter. The structure was then dismantled in 1980 and put in
storage. June 2006 it had been reconstructed at Fort Hunter Park
in Harrisburg, Pa.
7. Saville (Perry County) This bridge has
been totally refurbished.
8. Bistline (Perry County) This bridge has
been totally refurbished.
9. Adairs (Perry County) This bridge has
been totally refurbished. All photographs have been taken by Len Sherlinski unless otherwise indicated. This site has been last revised on 24 December
2008
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