Rishel Covered Bridge

Rishel Covered Bridge

Rishel Covered Bridge, October 2011
Location East of Montandon on Township 573, East Chillisquaque Township and West Chillisquaque Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°57′37″N 76°48′58″W / 40.96028°N 76.81611°W / 40.96028; -76.81611Coordinates: 40°57′37″N 76°48′58″W / 40.96028°N 76.81611°W / 40.96028; -76.81611
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1830
Built by Shriner, John Jr.; Braley, Zacheus
Architectural style Other, Burr arch
MPS Covered Bridges of Northumberland County TR
NRHP Reference # 79002310[1]
Added to NRHP August 8, 1979

Rishel Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at East Chillisquaque Township and West Chillisquaque Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It is a single span, 110.16-foot-long (33.58 m), Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1830. It crosses the Chillisquaque Creek. It may be the oldest covered wooden bridge in the United States.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John W. Prosser (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rishel Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-29.


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