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Davis or Kostenbauder, Columbia County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-19-16
County: Columbia County
Township: Cleveland
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Davis or Kostenbauder
Crosses: Roaring Creek, North Branch
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 87' span, 95' overall
Roadway Width: 14'-2"
Built: 1875
Builder: Daniel Kostenbauder
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 54.616
Longitude: W076 26.390
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Directions: 2.5 miles southeast of jct PA487 on PA42, then 1.0 miles right on Queen City Rd. and just right on Shakespeare Rd. (TR371). West-northwest of Slabtown.

Davis Bridge, Cleveland, Columbia County, PA. Built 1875
Bill Caswell Photo

Davis Bridge, Cleveland, Columbia County, PA. Built 1875
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Davis Bridge, Cleveland, Columbia County, PA. Built 1875
Bill Caswell Photo, October 10, 2010

Davis or Kostenbauder Bridge, Cleveland, Columbia County, PA Built 1875
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, February 1, 2026

Comments:
County #12. Cost $1248.00. There is a clear span of 72' from another source. Per The Columbian (Bloomsburg), February 26, 1875, "BRIDGE LETTINGS. - ONE wooden arch covered bridge to be located at a point in Locust township, over Roaringcreek, near N. Kostenbauder's, seventy-two feet long, two abutments eight feet high, each, wing walls North side twenty-five feet each, south side twelve feet each. One wooden brace covered bridge, to be located at a point near Cherrington's Mill, over Roaringcreek, Roaringcreek township forty-five feet long, two abutments seven feet high, with wing walls, north side six and sixteen feet, south side twelve respectively. We will meet at Yeager's hotel, in Stabtown, on Thursday, February 1875, between 10 o'clock, a m. and 3 p.m. to receive proposals to build said bridges. The contract will be for the building, filling &c, all complete. For plans and specifications inquire at our office. Commissioners' Office, Bloomsburg, Pa. Feb. 3, 1875. WM. LAWTON, JNO. HERNER, JOHN ENT } Com's of Col. Co. WM. KRICKBAUM, Clerk." While the Cherrington family built several mills along Roaring Creek, it is believed that the Cherrington Mill name was used for the Mill Grove mill at this date.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 96
The Columbian (Bloomsburg), February 26, 1875, p.2
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 108

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