Risser's Mill Covered Bridge Explained

Risser's Mill Covered Bridge
Nearest City:Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Built:1872
Architecture:Burr arch
Added:1980
Delisted:December 05, 2003
Refnum:80004612
Coordinates:40.1393°N -76.5048°W

The Risser's Mill Covered Bridge or Horst's Mill Covered Bridge was a covered bridge that spanned Little Chickie's Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was burnt by an arsonist on July 8, 2002.[1] As of October 2006, a concrete bridge is being built 100 feet north of the site of the bridge. Plans exist to rebuild a replica of the bridge on the original hand-laid stone bridge abutments.[2] The bridge's WGCB Number is 38-36-36. Added in 1980, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as structure number 80004612, and was removed from the Register on December 5, 2003.[3]

History

The bridge was built in 1872 by Elias McMellen using a Burr arch truss design.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Arsonist destroys 130-year-old covered bridge . . July 9, 2002 . 1 . . August 20, 2022.
  2. Web site: Robinson, Ryan . Rebirth of a covered bridge? . LancasterOnline.com : News . Lancaster Newspapers . 2006-09-30 . 2006-10-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070527235752/http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/26288 . 2007-05-27.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings December 12, 2003. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080415013858/http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20031212.htm. 2008-04-15.

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