Waggoner Covered Bridge

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Waggoner Covered Bridge
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Waggoner Covered Bridge, October 2010
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LocationWest of Loysville on Township 579, Northeast Madison Township and Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°21′34″N77°22′23″W / 40.35944°N 77.37306°W / 40.35944; -77.37306
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1889
ArchitectLightner, Joseph Brady; of Loysville, PA
Architectural styleBurr
MPS Covered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties TR
NRHP reference No. 80003598 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1980

The Waggoner Covered Bridge, also known as the Roddy's Mill Covered Bridge, was an historic, American, wooden, covered bridge that was located in Northeast Madison Township and Tyrone Township in Perry County, Pennsylvania.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, [1] it was destroyed in a fire on October 21, 2021. [2]

History and architectural features

This historic structure was a 74-foot-long (23 m) Burr Truss bridge that was erected circa 1889 and crossed Bixler's Run. Its WGCB reference is 38-50-15. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

On October 21, 2021 the bridge was destroyed in a fire. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Historic covered bridge in Perry County destroyed in fire". 21 October 2021.
  3. Susan M. Zacher (March 10, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Waggoner Covered Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission . Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  4. "Historic covered bridge in Perry County destroyed in fire". 21 October 2021.