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The 23 Covered Bridges

West Paden lost in 2006 flood


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above: View of Sam Eckman Bridge looking east
photograph © 1998 Rick Kocher Photography
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Links

Columbia County Covered Bridges Association

Atawalk
this Toronto site is bilingual in text and international in scope

The New York State Covered Bridge Society

Park County, Indiana
32(!) covered bridges

Pennsylvania's third largest concentration of covered bridges can be found in Columbia County. Nineteen  bridges are within the county, and four span the border between Columbia and Northumberland Counties.

Above: Dedication of the restored Josiah Hess Bridge August 26, 2005.
From left: Commissioner Dave Kovach, Ron Kocher (President of the Columbia County Covered Bridge Association), Governor Ed Rendell, Commissioner Chris Young, and Commissioner Bill Soberick.

The Twin Bridges - click image for high-res scan (197 kb)
above: Twin Bridges - Forks, PA
watercolor by Jacob Grey
click image for high resolution scan (124 kb)
courtesy of the Columbia County Website


Select any of the bridges below for more detailed information.
Jud Christian Bridge 38-19-25
Little Fishing Creek - Jackson & Pine Townships
Creasyville Bridge 38-19-36
Little Fishing Creek - Jackson & Pine Townships
Davis Bridge 38-19-16
Roaring Creek (North Branch) - Cleveland Township
Sam Eckman Bridge 38-19-08
Little Fishing Creek - Greenwood & Pine Townships
Esther Furnace Bridge 38-19-20
Roaring Creek (North Branch) - Cleveland Township
Fowlersvllle Bridge 38-19-05
Briar Creek - North Center Township
Josiah Hess Bridge 38-19-10
Huntington Creek - Fishing Creek Township
Hollingshead Bridge 38-19-34
Catawissa Creek - Catawissa Township
Johnson Bridge 38-19-37
Mugser Run (tributary of Roaring Creek) - Cleveland Township
Knoebel's Grove Bridge 38-19-B
Roaring Creek (South Branch) - Franklin Township
Lawrence L. Knoebel Bridge 38-19-39
Roaring Creek (South Branch) - Cleveland Township
Kramer Bridge 38-19-23
Mud Run (tributary of Green and Fishing Creeks) - Greenwood Township
Krickbaum Bridge 38-19-32
Roaring Creek (South Branch) - Cleveland Township
West Paden lost in 2006 flood
Rededication of Twin Bridges Park
East Paden 38-19-11 and West Paden 38-19-12
The Twin Bridges
 
Huntington Creek - Fishing Creek Township
Patterson Bridge 38-19-26
Green Creek (tributary of Fishing Creek) - Orange Township
Rupert Bridge 38-19-33
Fishing Creek, Town of Bloomsburg and Montour Township
Parr's Mill Bridge 38-19-29
Roaring Creek (North Branch) - Cleveland & Franklin Townships
Richards (Reichard) Bridge 38-19-01
Roaring Creek (South Branch) - Cleveland Township
Shoemaker Bridge 38-19-06
West Branch Run (tributary of Little Fishing Creek)  - Pine Township
Snyder Bridge 38-19-14
Roaring Creek (North Branch) - Locust Township
Stillwater Bridge 38-19-21
Fishing Creek - Stillwater Borough
Wanich Bridge 38-19-18
Little Fishing Creek - Hemlock & Mount Pleasant Townships

below: Jud Christian Bridge
photograph © 1998 Rick Kocher Photography
all rights reserved
Jud Christian Bridge
 

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