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Henninger Farm or Stroup's, Dauphin County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-22-11x
County: Dauphin County
Township: Washington
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Henninger Farm or Stroup's
Crosses: Wiconisco Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 61' 6" span, 72' overall
Roadway Width: 16'
Built: c1880
Builder:
When Lost: 03 Dec 2000
Cause: Burned
Latitude: N40 34.64
Longitude: W076 47.04
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Directions: 2.2 miles east of jct PA225 on US209, then 0.7 miles left on CR1006, 0.5 miles right on TR617 and 0.4 miles left on North Rd (TR624). Northeast of Elizabethville.

Henninger Farm or Stroup's Bridge, Washington, Dauphin County, PA. Built c1880 Burned 3 Dec 2000
Phil Schmitz Photo, September 19, 1992

Henninger Farm or Stroup's Bridge, Washington, Dauphin County, PA. Built c1880 Burned 3 Dec 2000
Phil Schmitz Photo, October 8, 1988

Comments:
County #41 painted inside, County #43 on sign above portal. This is the only covered bridge in the county that survived the floods from Tropical Storm Agnes on Thursday June 22, 1972 other than the Fort Hunter Covered Bridge (38-22-05), which was already on dry land. It has the segmented arch above, similar to 38-22-08 and likely added for the same reason. It was bypassed by a new bridge on its north side in 1991 and was only open to foot traffic. It was heavily damaged by an arson attemp about 10:30 PM on Sunday, December 3, 2000. The bridge was completely rebuilt during the Summer and Fall of 2003 at a cost of $254,346.00 by contractor Jbeitz Enterprises, Incorporated of Mifflintown, PA after engineers had determined that remaining portions of the bridge had suffered severe damage due to rot, insect infestation and inappropriate repairs over the years". (Wooden Covered Spans Volume 27 - #1 - Winter 2004).

Sources:
Travis, Dale. Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List, updated to 26 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, July 2006

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