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Adair's or Cisna Mill or Moose Mill, Perry County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-50-04x
County: Perry County
Township: Southwest Madison
Town/Village: Cisna Run
Bridge Name: Adair's or Cisna Mill or Moose Mill
Crosses: Sherman's Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1+
Length: 150'-8" span, 160'-2" overall
Roadway Width: 14'-4"
Built: 1864
Builder:
When Lost: 2007
Cause: Rebuilt/Replaced
Latitude: N40 21.03
Longitude: W077 25.45
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Directions: 2.7 miles west of jct PA850 on PA274, then 0.4 miles left on Couchtown Road (SR3008 - LR50009). East of Andersonburg.

Adair's or Cisna Mill or Moose Mill Bridge, Southwest Madison, Perry County, PA Built 1864 Rebuilt/Replaced 2007
Todd Clark Collection

Adair's or Cisna Run Bridge, Southwest Madison, Perry County, PA. Built 1864 Removed 1962
Fred Yenerall Photo (1955)

Adair's or Cisna Mill or Moose Mill Bridge, Southwest Madison, Perry County, PA Built 1864 Rebuilt/Replaced 2007
© Lisa Plamondon

Comments:
18-panel truss. Rebuilt in 1919. It has a support pier in the center that supports the deck and is not a functioning part of the truss system. The bridge was closed in April 1991 while repairs were made to the wingwalls and abutment on the north end.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 1993, page 179
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 120-121
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, August 2006

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