| Inventory Number: | PA/38-22-15x / PA-49-10x | | County: | Dauphin County / Northumberland County | | Township: | Mifflin - Lower Mahaney | | Town/Village: | | | Bridge Name: | County Line or Deibler's Mill or Northumberland County #18 or Dauphin County #26 | | Crosses: | Mahantango Creek | | Truss type: | Burr | | Spans: | 1 | | Length: | 105' | | Roadway Width: | 12' | | Built: | 1851 | | Builder: | | | When Lost: | 22 Jun 1972 | | Cause: | Washed Away | | Latitude: | N40 37.200 | | Longitude: | W076 52.167 | | See a map of the area
Topographic map of the area | | Directions: | On T303 in Northumberland County and T637 in Dauphin County. | | Comments: | This bridge was washed away by Tropical Storm Agnes on Thursday, June 22, 1972. |
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County Line or Deibler's Mill or Northumberland County #18 or Dauphin County #26 Bridge, Mifflin-Lower Mahaney, Dauphin County, PA. Built 1851 Washed Away 22 Jun 1972
Phil Schmitz Collection
County Line or Deibler's Mill or Northumberland County #18 or Dauphin County #26 Bridge, Mifflin-Lower Mahaney, Dauphin County, PA Built 1851 Washed Away 22 Jun 1972
Bucknell University: Nelson F. Davis Covered Bridges Photograph Collection, September 25, 1936
County Line or Deibler's Mill or Northumberland County #18 or Dauphin County #26 Bridge, Mifflin-Lower Mahaney, Dauphin County, PA Built 1851 Washed Away 22 Jun 1972
Bucknell University: Nelson F. Davis Covered Bridges Photograph Collection, September 25, 1936
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Sources:
Lane, Oscar F.. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1972, page 64
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXX, No. 3, October 1972, page 12
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXIX, No. 3, Summer 1981, page 13
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, April 2006 |