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Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-36-01) (WGCB PA-36-01) (1859)
(private) A single-span, Burr arch truss, 99' 3" over Conestoga Creek.
Located: Bypassed by Pool Forge Road, between Churchtown, Pennsylvania
and Goodville, Pennsylvania, Caernarvon Township. Directions:
From the jct. of SR 23 and Pool Forge Road, between Churchtown, Pennsylvania
and Goodville, Pennsylvania, go south on Pool Forge Road 0.1 mile to the
bypassed bridge, on the left side of the road. On private property
so ask permission to visit. The original cost of construction in
1859 was $1,219. Historical records indicate that before James Buchanan
became President, he met his fiancé at Pool Forge, but she died
before they could be married and he became our country's only bachelor
President. In 1973 the structure was bypassed by the contemporary
Pool Forge Road, formerly Township Road (TR 679), and left in the hands
of the property owner adjoining the bridge. It is covered with vertical
board and batten siding on the sides and legs of the portals and cedar
shakes on the gable ends. It has a sheet metal roof, and stone and
mortar wing walls and parapets. The parapets are capped with concrete.
It is closed to all traffic and is being used as a storage area.
When visited on October 27, 2004 we were unable to get permission to visit
the bridge (no one was home at the time) so all photographs were taken
using a zoom lens. Also known as The Yohn’s Mill Covered Bridge
and the
Wimer Covered Bridge. It was listed on the National
Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980. (Oct
2004) |
