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Hall's Mill, Bedford County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-05-15x
County: Bedford County
Township: Hopewell
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Hall's Mill
Crosses: Yellow Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 90' span, 95' 6" overall
Roadway Width: 13'
Built: 1872
Builder:
When Lost: 1994
Cause: Rebuilt
Latitude: N40 07.438
Longitude: W078 19.018
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Directions: 1.0 miles east of jct PA36 on PA26, then 0.5 miles left on CR4022 and just left on Saint Paul's Church Road (T528). Southeast edge Yellow Creek.

Hall's Mill Bridge, Hopewell, Bedford County, PA. Built 1872 Rebuilt 1993-1994
Todd Clark Collection

Hall's Mill Bridge, Hopewell, Bedford County, PA. Built 1872 Rebuilt 1993-1994
Fred Yenerall Photo (1953)

Hall's Mill Bridge, Hopewell, Bedford County, PA. Built 1872 Rebuilt 1993-1994
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Comments:
10-panel truss. There are three different building dates: 1872 - Henry Falk; 1884 - bronze plaque at the bridge placed by the county; 1892 - Kissing Bridges in Bedford County list. The plaque also gives the builders: "William H. Imler was paid $2.75 per perch for the masonry work and George Fluck built the superstructure for $895.00", as well as some of the mill owners. The bridge was closed around 1990. The September-November 1991, New York State Covered Bridge Society newsletter indicated that the bridge had been closed for a year and the Bedord County Covered Bridge Society was working to have it restored instead of being replaced by a new, modern bridge. The repair work was substantial enough that the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges considered it as a new bridge in 1994. The span was re-opened to traffic on Saturday, June 11, 1994.

Sources:
Tyrone Daily Herald, Monday, June 13, 1994, Page 1.
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, September 2007

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