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Stillwater , Columbia County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-19-21
County: Columbia County
Township: Big Fishing Creek
Town/Village: Stillwater
Bridge Name: Stillwater
Crosses: Fishing Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 151' overall, 135'-0" span
Roadway Width: 15'-3"
Built: 1849
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 09.134
Longitude: W076 22.029
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Directions: 2.1 miles south of jct PA24 on PA487, then 0.1 miles left on TR629. At Stillwater Boro.

Stillwater Bridge, Fishing Creek, Columbia County, PA. Built 1849
Bill Caswell Photo, October 9, 2010

Comments:
County #134. Closed to traffic in 1949. 14-panel truss. The Henry C. Falk files give it a clear span of 151'1" with an overall length of 168'0". It was built in 1849 by James and Daniel McHenry for $1124.00. Other accounts give John Edson as the builder and also as foreman.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 115
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 109