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Sam Wagner or Gottlieb Brown, Montour County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-47-01 / PA-49-11#2
County: Montour County / Northumberland County
Township: East Chillisquaque - Liberty
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Sam Wagner or Gottlieb Brown
Crosses: Chillisquaque Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 86' span, 95' overall
Roadway Width: 15'
Built: 1881
Builder: George W. Keefer
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 00.123
Longitude: W076 46.420
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Directions: 3.7 miles east-southeast of jct PA147 on PA642, then 0.9 miles left on Bridge Rd. and just right on CR3013/1020, 1 mile northeast of Pottsgrove.

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Comments:
Cost $939.00. Per the Northumberland County Democrat (Sunbury), August 26, 1881, "Bridge Letting. - SEALED proposals will be received at the Commissioner's office at Sunbury, Northumberland county, on SATURDAY, the 10th day of September, 1881, between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock 1.m, for the erection of a county line bridge across Chillisquaque creek, at the old Brown farm in Chillisquaque township. Plans and specifications can be seen at said Commissioner's office in Sunbury. Also, at the same time and place bids will be received for the old lumber of the covered bridge at the above named place. JOHN CLARK, E. W. CHAPIN, JNO. T. ALBRIGHT, Commissioners." This infers an earlier covered bridge at this location that was being replaced. It is oriented almost due north and south on Bridge Road, which is T594 in East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County and T308 in Liberty Township, Montour County about 4-1/2 miles east of the center of Milton Boro. A unique feature of this bridge is that the county line runs through the bridge instead of under it.

Source:
Northumberland County Democrat (Sunbury), August 26, 1881, p.2.

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