Risser's Mill Covered Bridge Explained

Risser's Mill Covered Bridge
Nearest City:Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Built:1872
Architecture:Burr arch
Added:1980
Delisted:December 05, 2003
Refnum:80004612
Coordinates:40.1393°N -76.5048°W

The Risser's Mill Covered Bridge or Horst's Mill Covered Bridge was a covered bridge that spanned Little Chickie's Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was burnt by an arsonist on July 8, 2002. The arsonist was caught and arrested by police. But the covered bridge had been completely destroyed and Risser's Mill Covered Bridge across the Little Chiques Creek was never seen again.[1] As of October 2006, a concrete bridge is being built 100 feet north of the site of the bridge. Plans exist to rebuild a replica of the bridge on the original hand-laid stone bridge abutments.[2] The bridge's WGCB Number is 38-36-36. Added in 1980, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as structure number 80004612, and was removed from the Register on December 5, 2003.[3]

History

The bridge was built in 1872 by Elias McMellen using a Burr arch truss design.

Dimensions

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Notes and References

  1. News: Arsonist destroys 130-year-old covered bridge . . July 9, 2002 . 1 . . August 20, 2022.
  2. Web site: Robinson, Ryan . Rebirth of a covered bridge? . LancasterOnline.com : News . Lancaster Newspapers . 2006-09-30 . 2006-10-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070527235752/http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/26288 . 2007-05-27.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings December 12, 2003. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080415013858/http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20031212.htm. 2008-04-15.

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