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Columbia
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-19-36) (WGCB PA-19-36): (1881;
new roof 1998) A single-span Queenpost truss 44' 7" over Little Fishing
Creek. Located: On Creasyville Bridge Road (TR 683), approximately
6.7 miles northeast of Sereno, Pennsylvania between Pine and Jackson Townships,
Pennsylvania. Directions: From the Jud Christian Covered Bridge (WGN
38-19-25) continue northeast on Sereno
Road (SR 4031) for 0.7 mile to jct. with SR 4039. Continue straight,
past the jct. with Sones Hollow Road where Sereno Road (SR 4031) becomes
Creasyville Hollow Road (TR 710). Continue north on Creasyville Hollow
Road (TR 710) for 0.6 mile until you find a road on the left with the bridge
in sight. Turn left to the bridge. The shortest covered bridge
still standing in Columbia County. Built at a cost of $301.25. Located near Iram Derr’s sawmill and thought to have first
been known as the Derr Covered bridge. The structure rests
on concrete abutments with concrete wing walls. It is covered
with red painted vertical board siding and its decks consists of runners
laid over crosswise planking. A new sheet metal roof was put on in
1998. Also known as the County No. 97 Covered
Bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic
Places on November 29, 1979. (Apr 2006) |
