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Wanich, Columbia County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-19-18
County: Columbia County
Township: Hemlock - Mount Pleasant
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Wanich
Crosses: Little Fishing Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 99' span, 108' overall
Roadway Width: 15'-3"
Built: 1844
Builder: George Russell Jr.
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 02.399
Longitude: W076 28.997
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 2.2 miles north of jct I-80 (Exit 232) on PA42, then 0.2 miles right on Covered Bridge Rd. North-northwest of Bloomsburg.

Wanich Bridge, Hemlock-Mount Pleasant, Columbia County, PA. Built 1844
Bill Caswell Photo

Wanich Bridge, Hemlock-Mount Pleasant, Columbia County, PA. Built 1844
Bill Caswell Photo, October 9, 2010

Wanich Bridge, Hemlock-Mount Pleasant, Columbia County, PA. Built 1844
Philippe Bonnet Photo, August 25, 1962, NSPCB Archives

Wanich Bridge, Hemlock-Mount Pleasant, Columbia County, PA Built 1844
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, February 1, 2026

Comments:
County #69. 8-panel truss. Also known as John Wanich's Bridge. This bridge was built at a cost of $505.66 and named after John Wanich, a local farmer. Another account has the construction date as 1884.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 117
Travis, Dale. Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List, updated to 26 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, page 8
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, May 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 109

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