Historic Bridges
of the United States
Rishel Covered Bridge
Northumberland County
,
Pennsylvania
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Photo
Overview
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt
Map
Vicinity map
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TopoZone
Terraserver USA
Facts
Overview
Covered bridge over Chillisquaque Creek on Covered Bridge Road
Location
Northumberland County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1830
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 121.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.96017, -76.81567
(decimal degrees)
40°57'37" N, 76°48'56" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/347204/4535922
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Northumberland
Inventory numbers
NRHP 79002310
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-49-05
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31471
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(2,019)
Built 1830
(6)
Built during 1830s
(46)
Burr arch-truss
(131)
Covered
(561)
NR-listed
(1,539)
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
(17)
Open
(21,983)
Pennsylvania
(1,714)
Through truss
(5,491)
Total length 100-125 feet
(2,487)
Truss
(16,173)
Update Log
March 5, 2007: Posted photo from Jack Schmidt
Sources
Jack Schmidt -
jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
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