Rishel Covered Bridge

Coordinates: 40°57′37″N 76°48′58″W / 40.96028°N 76.81611°W / 40.96028; -76.81611
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Rishel Covered Bridge
Rishel Covered Bridge, October 2011
Rishel Covered Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Rishel Covered Bridge
Rishel Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Rishel Covered Bridge
LocationEast of Montandon on Township 573, East Chillisquaque Township and West Chillisquaque Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°57′37″N 76°48′58″W / 40.96028°N 76.81611°W / 40.96028; -76.81611
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1830
Built byShriner, John Jr.; Braley, Zacheus
Architectural styleOther, Burr arch
MPSCovered Bridges of Northumberland County TR
NRHP reference No.79002310[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 1979

Rishel Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at East Chillisquaque Township and West Chillisquaque Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It is a single span, 110.16-foot-long (33.58 m), Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1830. It crosses the Chillisquaque Creek. It may be the oldest covered wooden bridge in the United States.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John W. Prosser (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rishel Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-29.