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Riegel Covered Bridge No. 6

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Built
  
1870

Architectural style
  
Other, Burr Truss Arch

Opened
  
1870

Body of water
  
Roaring Creek

Built by
  
Kostenbauder, Jacob

NRHP Reference #
  
79003196

Area
  
400 m²

Added to NRHP
  
29 November 1979

Riegel Covered Bridge No. 6

Location
  
Pennsylvania Route 312, southwest of Catawissa, Franklin Township, Pennsylvania

MPS
  
Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR

The Riegel Covered Bridge No. 6 (also known as Reuben Reigel's Covered Bridge) was an historic wooden covered bridge located in Franklin Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It was a 107.25-foot-long (32.69 m), Burr Truss arch bridge with a tarred metal roof, constructed in 1870. It crossed Roaring Creek. It was one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties identified in the late-1970s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The bridge was destroyed in an arson fire on May 30, 1979.

References

Riegel Covered Bridge No. 6 Wikipedia