Historic Bridges
of the United States
Risser's Mill Covered Bridge 38-36-36
Lancaster County
,
Pennsylvania
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Overview
Lost Covered bridge over T.Lil.Chickies Creek on PA 4010
Location
Lancaster County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
GONE
History
Built 1872, destroyed by arson July 8, 2002
Builder
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Elias McMellen
Design
Covered Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 66.9 ft.
Total length: 82 ft.
Deck width: 15 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.5 ft.
Also called
Horst Mill Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.13944, -76.50583
(decimal degrees)
40°08'22" N, 76°30'21" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/371721/4444321
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Elizabethtown
Inventory numbers
PA 36 4010 0060 1925
(Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 31078
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
(as of 05/2006)
Substructure condition rating:
Fair
(5 out of 9)
Appraisal:
Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0
(out of 100)
Average daily traffic
(as of 2008)
89
Categories
19th Century
(2,539)
Built 1872
(35)
Built during 1870s
(357)
Burr arch-truss
(148)
Covered
(633)
Elias McMellen
(3)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
(80)
Lost
(6,201)
Lost 2002
(379)
Lost during 2000s
(2,321)
One-lane traffic
(6,998)
Owned by state
(7,026)
Pennsylvania
(2,249)
Span length 50-75 feet
(5,605)
Structurally deficient
(14,983)
Sufficiency rating zero
(309)
Through truss
(6,462)
Total length 75-100 feet
(3,991)
Truss
(19,461)
Wooden deck
(5,198)
Update Log
May 10, 2009: Updated by Brian McKee
Sources
Brian McKee -
bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Branch Little Chickies Creek Bridge
Posted May 10, 2009, by Brian McKee
(bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com)
This bridge was burned in July 2002