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The Josiah Hess Covered Bridge No. 122 is a historic wooden covered bridge over Huntington Creek in Fishing Creek Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.It is a 105.1-foot-long (32.0 m), Burr Truss arch bridge constructed in 1875.
A number of the covered bridges were damaged during Tropical Storm Lee in 2011. Three of these bridges were the Josiah Hess Covered Bridge No. 122, the Davis Covered Bridge, and the Rupert Covered Bridge No. 56. The Josiah Hess Covered Bridge No. 122 received some damage to its abutments. The Davis Covered Bridge was closed after the tropical ...
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 Josiah Hess Covered Bridge No. 122, Twin Bridges-East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120, and Twin Bridges-West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121 were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The Bridge in Fishing Creek Township was listed in 1988. [4]
Four covered bridges cross Huntington Creek; these are the Twin Bridges–East Paden Covered Bridge No. 120, [13] the Twin Bridges–West Paden Covered Bridge No. 121, [14] the Josiah Hess Covered Bridge No. 122, [15] and the Huntington Mills Bridge. [16]
The Brotherton bridge, built in 1875, reopened on Nov. 7. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for Friday at 5 p.m.
The driver of a dump truck learned the hard way that it's best not to tempt fate on a covered bridge originally built before the Civil War. The weight limit on the bridge was 3 tons (2,700 ...
Welle Hess Covered Bridge No. S1: Welle Hess Covered Bridge No. S1: November 29, 1979 (#79003175) June 27, 1986: South of Grassmere Park: Sugarloaf Township: The bridge collapsed on July 19, 1981, [13] [14] and was removed from the NRHP in 1986. Photo is of a model constructed from original bridge materials.