Waggoner Covered Bridge
Appearance
Waggoner Covered Bridge | |
Waggoner Covered Bridge, October 2010 | |
Location | West of Loysville on Township 579, Northeast Madison Township and Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°21′34″N 77°22′23″W / 40.35944°N 77.37306°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1889 |
Architect | Lightner, Joseph Brady; of Loysville, PA |
Architectural style | Burr |
MPS | Covered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties TR |
NRHP reference No. | 80003598[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 25, 1980 |
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,[1] it was destroyed in a fire on October 21, 2021.[2]
History and architectural features
[edit]This historic structure was a 74-foot-long (23 m) Burr Truss bridge that was erected circa 1889 and crossed Bixler's Run. Its WGCB reference is 38-50-15.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
On October 21, 2021 the bridge was destroyed in a fire. [4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Historic covered bridge in Perry County destroyed in fire". 21 October 2021.
- ^ Susan M. Zacher (March 10, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Waggoner Covered Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Historic covered bridge in Perry County destroyed in fire". 21 October 2021.
Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Covered bridges in Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1889
- Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
- Bridges in Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Tourist attractions in Perry County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Burr Truss bridges in the United States