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Landis Mill Covered Bridge was built in 1873 by Elias McMellen at a cost of $969. McMellen, who built many of Lancaster's covered bridges using the Burr arch truss, chose to build this short bridge using a simpler design with multiple kingpost trusses and, instead of Burr arches, pyramidal-shaped trusses to add additional support. [3]
Battle Creek King Post Truss Bridge: 1910 2003-05-09 Long Island: Phillips: King Post Truss Beaver Creek Native Stone Bridge: 1941 2008-03-16 Beaver: Barton: WPA Stone Arch Bridge Begley Bridge: 1926 2003-05-09 Millwood
KS-1: Half-Mound Bridge Demolished Baltimore truss: 1900 1981 CR 1325 Delaware River: Valley Falls: Jefferson: KS-2: Meriden Rock Creek Bridge Replaced Bowstring arch truss: 1879 1981 Rock Creek Meriden: Jefferson
WATERFORD — It took some 19th century know-how to refurbish and reopen the Brotherton covered bridge in Waterford Township. The bridge, built in 1875, opened to traffic last week after being ...
Kurtz's covered bridge was first constructed in 1876. It spans 94 feet long, this covered bridge once spanned the Conestoga River. But after the Flood of 72, it was moved to its present location across the Mill Creek in the Lancaster County Central Park and it was last rebuilt there in 1975.
A covered bridge is a timber ... only about 1 in 10 survived the 20th century ... The longest covered bridge ever built was constructed in 1814 in Lancaster ...
Parke County, Indiana has the most covered bridges of any county in the United States with 31 covered bridges [1] All of the covered bridges in Lancaster County, except for the Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge, Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge, and the Willow Hill Covered Bridge, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
James C. Carpenter was an American covered bridge builder in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.He is known to have built nine covered bridges, five of which still exist. Two of his bridges, Herr's Mill Covered Bridge and Colemanville Covered Bridge, are among the longest covered bridges remaining in the county.