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Old Wagon, Bradford County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-08-03x
County: Bradford County
Township: Towanda - Wysox
Town/Village: Towanda
Bridge Name: Old Wagon
Crosses: North Branch Susquehanna River
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 4
Length: c950'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1848
Builder: John Bottom
When Lost: 1913
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N41 45.918
Longitude: W076 28.385
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Directions: On Bridge Street in Towanda.

Old Wagon Bridge, Bradford County, PA. Built 1832 Replaced 1914
Todd Clark Collection

Old Wagon Bridge, Bradford County, PA. Built 1832 Replaced 1914
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Comments:
The construction date had previously been listed as 1832. However, The Canton Independent-Sentinel of March 6, 1913 (page 1) noted that it was built in 1848. Damaged by a flood on December 5 or 15, 1901. One span was destroyed by fire twice and rebuilt. Length estimated based on aerial scaling. The Canton Independent-Sentinel of June 19, 1913 (page 1) reported that the county commissioners had awarded contracts to replace both of the covered bridges at Towanda and Athens.

Sources:
Canton Independent-Sentinel, June 19, 1913, page 1
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 80-81
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pennsylvania. Portals, Volume 9, number 4, December 1969, page 2

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