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Myers Mill , York County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-67-13x
County: York County
Township: Manchester
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Myers Mill
Crosses: Codorus Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 118' or 123'
Roadway Width:
Built:
Builder:
When Lost: 1955
Cause: Removed
Latitude: N40 00.82
Longitude: W076 42.86
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Directions: 0.2 miles south of Emigsville on PA181, then 0.8 miles left on Emig Rd., then 0.1 miles left on LR66021. 1 mile east of Emigsville.

Myers Mill Bridge, Manchester-Springettsbury, York County, PA Removed 1955
Fred Yenerall Photo (1953)

Myers Mill Bridge, Manchester-Springettsbury, York County, PA Removed 1955
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
County #170. From Commissioners Minutes: August 5, 1884 -- Bridge at Myers Mill on Codorus Creek 124' span and old timber to be used -the bridge lying below and repair abutments width the same as before. Samuel Stouffer was awarded the contract for $691. The site of the covered bridge was about 1/3 mile northwest of the present crossing of Mundis Mill Road, or about 300' northeast of the intersection of Emig Road and Locust Lane (T949). Mundis Mill and Emig Roads are LR66021 - Spur E (SR1012) and Locust Lane is a township road. Another part of the old road on the Manchester Township side is called "Old Black Bridge Road" on maps, but in reality, most of this road no longer exists and the parts that do are fenced up or otherwise inaccessible. A newer road, called "Black Bridge Road", bypassed much of the old road. Parts of Locust Lane east of Emig Road, where the road branched off - the left side curving north between the old brick Myer's Mill and the stone miller's house, and the right side (actually straight ahead) running down to the bridge site, have all been covered over with sod. Now, the immediate area of the bridge site on the Manchester Township side is comprised of two parks - the "Locust Lane Park" and the "Greg A. Crist Memorial Park". There is nothing left of the stone abutments on either side of the creek, except for a few random stones scattered about, approximately where they would have been. On the Springettsbury Township side, the old road (now a private lane) branches off Mundis Mill Road and heads northwest, but dead ends in about ½ its original distance.

Sources:
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 138-139
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, October 2009

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