details

Documenting North America's past & present covered bridges

Home

Erb's, Lancaster County

If you find errors in the data please contact Bill Caswell.

If you would like to provide information on covered bridges that no longer exist from your state, or adopt a state to work on, we would certainly welcome your assistance. Please contact Trish Kane for more information.

Inventory Number: PA/38-36-34
County: Lancaster County
Township: Ephrata - Warwick
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Erb's
Crosses: Hammer Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 80' overall, 70' span
Roadway Width: 13'-10"
Built: 1887
Builder: John G. Bowman
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 10.067
Longitude: W076 14.634
See a map of the area
Topographic map of the area
Directions: 2.4 miles west of jct PA272 on PA772, then 1.2 miles right on Picnic Woods Rd. (becomes Erb's Bridge Rd.). ¾ mile northeast of Millway.
Comments: 8-panel truss. Cost $1744. Also known as Samuel Erb's Mill Bridge.

Erb's Bridge, Ephrata-Warwick, Lancaster County, PA Built 1887
Thomas G. Kipphorn Collection

Erb's Bridge, Ephrata-Warwick, Lancaster County, PA Built 1887
© Lisa Plamondon

Erb's Bridge, Ephrata-Warwick, Lancaster County, PA Built 1887
Bill Caswell Photo, December 15, 2019

Erb's Bridge, Ephrata-Warwick, Lancaster County, PA Built 1887
Thomas G. Kipphorn Collection

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 164
Travis, Dale. Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List, updated to 26 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Collins, Kenneth W.. Covered Bridges of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 2002, pages 36, 68-69
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 110-111
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, September 2005
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 120

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

The images in this collection may be protected under copyright law and may only be used for educational, teaching, and research purposes.
If the intended use is beyond these purposes, it is the responsibility of the user to obtain the appropriate permissions from the owner stated in the image's credits.