Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19

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.[2]

Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19
The bridge relocated to the entrance of the Foxtail housing development in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania in September 2012.
LocationPennsylvania Route 468, Locust Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°53′32″N 76°22′28″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1856
Built byDan Kostenbauder
Architectural styleQueen Post Truss
MPSCovered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR
NRHP reference No.79003178[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 29, 1979

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] 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.[3][4] The coordinates above refer to the bridge's original location, its new location is 40°59.93′N 76°28.96′W.

References
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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Bill Pennesi and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  3. "Wagner (relocated), Columbia County". Covered Spans of Yesteryear - www.lostbridges.org. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  4. "Covered bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania" (PDF). Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau. March 2019. p. 1.


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