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Hunsecker's Mill, Lancaster County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-36-06#2
County: Lancaster County
Township: Manheim - Upper Leacock
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Hunsecker's Mill
Crosses: Conestoga River
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 181' overall, 172' span
Roadway Width: 11'
Built: 1975
Builder: Bear Creek Company
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 05.245
Longitude: W076 14.862
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Directions: 2.4 miles northeast of jct US30 BP on PA272, then 1.6 miles right on Hunsicker Rd. Northeast edge of Lancaster.

Hunsecker's Mill Bridge, Manheim-Upper Leacock, Lancaster County, PA Built 1975
Jenn Caswell Photo, November 4, 2017

Hunsecker's Mill Bridge, Manheim-Upper Leacock, Lancaster County, PA Built 1975
Thomas G. Kipphorn Collection

Hunsecker's Mill Bridge, Manheim-Upper Leacock, Lancaster County, PA Built 1975
Bill Caswell Photo, November 4, 2017

Comments:
Also known as Amos Hunsecker's Mill or Isaac Hostetter's Bridge. This is the longest single span covered bridge in Lancaster County. Per The Daily Express, October 4, 1869, a major storm resulted in flooding on Conestoga Creek, culminating in the loss of many bridges. "At eight o'clock, the covered bridge at Hunsecker's grist mill, about a mile and a quarter above Binkley's, was swept from its piers, and after being borne by the flood for about a mile, lodged in a meadow. Fortunately for this, else the bridge at Binkley's must have been swept away." The bridge was brought back to the original site and stood until washed away by Tropical Storm Agnes on June 22, 1972. The state originally planned to replace it with a modern bridge. Residents petitioned for the construction of a replica of the original bridge. The historic structure was eventually replaced by this new covered bridge constructed by Bear Creek Construction Co. of Landisville at a cost of $321,302. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on April 28, 1975.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 168
The Daily Express, October 4, 1869.
Travis, Dale. Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List, updated to 26 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Collins, Kenneth W.. Covered Bridges of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 2002, pages 8-9, 66
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 108-109
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, August 2005
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 117

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