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Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19

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Built
  
1856

NRHP Reference #
  
79003178

Area
  
400 m²

Built by
  
Kostenbauder, Dan

Opened
  
1994

Added to NRHP
  
29 November 1979

Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19

Location
  
Pennsylvania Route 468, Locust Township, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Other, Queen Post Truss

MPS
  
Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR

The Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19 is a historic wooden covered bridge, originally built in Locust Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. When built in 1856 it was a 56.5-foot-long (17.2 m), Queen Post Truss bridge with a tarred metal roof. It originally crossed the North Branch of Roaring Creek. It is one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The bridge was dismantled on March 23, 1981, and the pieces stored at Knoebels Amusement Resort until it was rebuilt at the entrance to a housing development in Hemlock Township in 1994. The coordinates above refer to the bridge's original location, its new location is 40°59.93′N 76°28.96′W.

References

Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19 Wikipedia