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Bistline or Flickinger's Mill, Perry County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-50-03
County: Perry County
Township: Southwest Madison
Town/Village: Andersonburg
Bridge Name: Bistline or Flickinger's Mill
Crosses: Sherman Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 106' overall, 99'-10" span
Roadway Width: 13'-6"
Built: 1871
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 20.044
Longitude: W077 28.229
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Directions: 2.7 miles east-northeast of jct PA17 and Blain on PA274, then 0.5 miles right on Bistline Bridge Rd. (SR3005), then curves 0.8 miles right still on Bistline Bridge Rd. and 150 feet left still on Bistline Bridge Rd. South of Andersonburg.

Bistline or Flickinger's Mill Bridge, Southwest Madison, Perry County, PA. Built 1871
© Lisa Plamondon

Bistline or Flickinger's Mill Bridge, Southwest Madison, Perry County, PA. Built 1871
Bob Sheldon Photo, October 14, 2008

Bistline or Flickinger's Mill Bridge, Southwest Madison, Perry County, PA. Built 1871
Bill Caswell Photo, July 26, 2013

Bistline or Flickinger's Mill Bridge, Southwest Madison, Perry County, PA. Built 1871
Jenn Caswell Photo, May 3, 2015

Comments:
Rebuilt in 2008. 10-panel truss. Per The News (Newport), October 18, 1889. "The covered bridge across Sherman's creels at Bistline's mill is again ready for the public, having been thoroughly repaired." The bridge was probably damagede in the flooding in the area of June 1, 1889.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 217
The News (Newport), October 18, 1889.
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 120-121
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, August 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 124

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