Waggoner Covered Bridge Explained

Waggoner Covered Bridge
Location:West of Loysville on Township 579, Northeast Madison Township and Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.3594°N -77.3731°W
Built:1889
Architect:Lightner, Joseph Brady; of Loysville, PA
Architecture:Burr
Added:August 25, 1980
Refnum:80003598

The Waggoner Covered Bridge, also known as the Roddy's Mill Covered Bridge, was an historic, American, wooden, covered bridge that was located in Northeast Madison Township and Tyrone Township in Perry County, Pennsylvania.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, it was destroyed in a fire on October 21, 2021.[1]

History and architectural features

This historic structure was a 74adj=midNaNadj=mid Burr Truss bridge that was erected circa 1889 and crossed Bixler's Run. Its WGCB reference is 38-50-15.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

On October 21, 2021 the bridge was destroyed in a fire. [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historic covered bridge in Perry County destroyed in fire. 21 October 2021.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H050840_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Waggoner Covered Bridge ]. March 10, 1980. 2009-10-20 . Susan M. Zacher. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
  3. Web site: Historic covered bridge in Perry County destroyed in fire. 21 October 2021.