Built 1830 NRHP Reference # 79002310 Opened 1830 Body of water Chillisquaque Creek | Architectural style Other, Burr arch Address Milton, PA 17847, USA Area 400 m² Added to NRHP 8 August 1979 | |
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Location East of Montandon on Township 573, East Chillisquaque Township and West Chillisquaque Township, Pennsylvania Built by Shriner, John Jr.; Braley, Zacheus MPS Covered Bridges of Northumberland County TR Similar Susqueh River Valley, US Penitenti, Columbia Visitors Bureau, Century 21 Covered Bridges R, North Oriental Covered | ||
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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