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Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-36-34) (WGCB PA-36-34) (1887;
roof recovered 1974; repaired 1996) A single-span, Burr arch truss
80' 3.5" over Hammer Creek. Located: On Picnic Woods Road (TR
634), Ephrata Township, Pennsylvania and (TR 929), Warwick Township, Pennsylvania,
north of Rothsville, Pennsylvania. Directions: In Rothsville,
Pennsylvania, from the jct. of SR 772 and Picnic Woods Road (TR 634), go
north on Picnic Woods Road (TR 634) for 1.3 miles to the bridge. The first
covered bridge on the site was constructed in 1849 for $700 and rebuilt
in 1887 for $1,744. The bridge was named for the Erb family, who
owned a large tract of land in this area, and is one of the few Lancaster
County bridges that was not built near a mill site. The sides of
the bridge are covered with barn red, vertical board and batten siding,
and the portals are covered with white vertical boards without battens.
The structure rests on stone and mortar abutments, and has stone and mortar wing walls
and parapets, and lengthwise openings under the eaves. In 1974 the
roof was recovered with wooden shakes. It was closed during 1996
for some repair work. Also known as the Hammer 1
Covered Bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic
Places on December 10, 1980. (Oct 2004) |
