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Montour
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-47-03) (WGCB PA-47-03): (1881;
rebuilt 1983; renovated 1999) A single-span multiple Kingpost with
Burr arch truss 75' 2" over Chillisquaque Creek. Located: On
Keefer Mill Road (TR 346), approximately 1 mile southwest of Washingtonville,
Liberty Township, Pennsylvania. Directions: Approximately 1.5
miles south of Washingtonville, Pennsylvania, at the jct. of SR 54 and
Steckermill Road (SR 3010), go west on Steckermill Road (SR 3010) for 0.6
mile to Keefer Mill Road (TR 346). Turn right on Keefer Mill Road
(TR 346) and go 0.5 mile to the bridge. This is the only covered
bridge still standing within the Montour County, Pennsylvania borders,
though there is one other covered bridge on the border with Northumberland
County, Pennsylvania. Originally built at a cost of $498.00
it was rebuilt by the county in 1983. The bridge is covered with
vertical board and batten siding on both the sides and portals. The
Burr arches sandwich a multiple Kingpost structure. It has a shake
roof and lengthwise floor planking. It has unusual square portal
design, known as a storefront portal, which not common in Pennsylvania.
The structure rests on stone and mortar abutments reinforced with concrete
and has wing walls extending only to road level. In 1999, at a cost
of $8,500.00, both the sides and portals were recovered with new board
and batten siding a new cedar shake roof, and painted barn red with white
trim. Also known as the Keefer Mill Covered Bridge.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29,
1979. (Apr 2006) |
