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Henninger Farm or Stroup's, Dauphin County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-22-11#2
County: Dauphin County
Township: Washington
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Henninger Farm or Stroup's
Crosses: Wiconisco Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 72' overall, 61' span
Roadway Width: 16'
Built: 2003
Builder: Jbeitz Enterprises, Inc
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 34.639
Longitude: W076 47.034
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Directions: 2.4 miles east of jct PA225 on US209, then 0.6 miles left on Rakers Mill Rd. (SR1006), and 0.4 miles right on Henninger Rd. to bridge. Northeast of Elizabethville.

Henninger Farm or Stroup's Bridge, Washington, Dauphin County, PA. Built 2003
Clint Frackman Photo (May 2007)

Comments:
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) It was dedicated by the Dauphin County Commissioners on November 20, 2003. It has all new wood throughout.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 127
Travis, Dale. Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List, updated to 26 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Bridge-Covered Quarterly, -presentVolume XXVI, Number 4, page 7
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, July 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 111

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