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Overview
Covered bridge over Bixler Run on Wagner Road (TR 579)
Location
Perry County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1889
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 86.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980
Also called
Thompson Covered Bridge
Roddy's Mill Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.35942, -77.37283   (decimal degrees)
40°21'34" N, 77°22'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80003598 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-50-15 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 31502 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (1,720)
Built 1889 (60)
Built during 1880s (481)
Burr arch-truss (119)
Covered (504)
NR-listed (1,469)
Open to pedestrians (376)
Owned by township (1,180)
Pennsylvania (1,696)
Perry County, Pennsylvania (26)
Through truss (5,205)
Total length 75-100 feet (3,323)
Truss (15,739)

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