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Rishel or Montandon or Griffin , Northumberland County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-49-05#2
County: Northumberland County
Township: East Chillisquaque - West Chillisquque
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Rishel or Montandon or Griffin
Crosses: Chillisquaque Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 110' span, 121' overall
Roadway Width: 17'-3"
Built: 1830
Builder: John Shriner Jr. and Zacheus Braley
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 57.617
Longitude: W076 48.950
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Directions: 0.8 miles east of jct PA147 on PA45 and 1.0 miles right on Covered Bridge Rd. Northeast of Chillisquaque.

Rishel or Montandon or Griffin Bridge, East Chillisquque-West Chillisquque, Northumberland County, PA. Built 1830
Fred Yenerall Collection

Rishel or Montandon or Griffin Bridge, East Chillisquque-West Chillisquque, Northumberland County, PA. Built 1830
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Rishel or Montandon or Griffin Bridge, East Chillisquque-West Chillisquque, Northumberland County, PA. Built 1830
Bill Caswell Photo, May 29, 2011

Comments:
County #2. 8-panel truss. The first bridge at the site, a two span 60' Burr truss, was built in 1812 by James Moore and stood until washed away in a freshet in 1828. The present bridge was built in 1830 as a single span Burr Truss. It was closed to traffic in 1981, it was rebuilt in 1982 by the Red Rock Construction Company. It is found about 2¼ miles east of Montandon on T573, which is Snyder Road in East Chillisquaque Township and Ridge Road in West Chillisquaque Township, with the road changing names at the bridge.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 213
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, April 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 124

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