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Fowlersville (relocated), Columbia County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-19-05
County: Columbia County
Township: Briar Creek
Town/Village: Fowlersville
Bridge Name: Fowlersville (relocated)
Crosses: unnamed tributary of Briar Creek
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 40'-3" overall, 30' span
Roadway Width: 14'-1"
Built: 1886 (M1986)
Builder: Charles King
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 03.658
Longitude: W076 17.004
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 3.1 miles west of jct US11 and Berwick on PA93, then 0.8 miles right on Lake Rd. and 0.6 miles right on Park Rd. (access road to Briar Creek Park). Park and walk 200 feet south.

Fowlersville Bridge (relocated location), North Centre, Columbia County, PA. Built 1886 Moved Oct 1986
Bill Caswell Photo, October 9, 2010

Comments:
County #167. The Fowlersville Bridge was built in 1886 by Charles King (Krug, another source) for $397.00 as a single span Queenpost Truss with a length of 40'3", a clear span of 30' and a 14'1" roadway. It was located in North Centre Township, oriented east-southeast to west-northwest on Golf Course Road (SR1015-LR19039) until it was relocated about 2.32 miles east-northeast to Briar Creek Park to span a tributary of Briar Creek in October, 1986. Comparing a Penn Pilot aerial photo, dated to November 20, 1938, to current Google Earth imagery suggests the covered bridge was at about the same site and alignment.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 99
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, May 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 107