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Rice's or Kennedy Valley or Landisburg, Perry County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-50-10
County: Perry County
Township: Tyrone
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Rice's or Kennedy Valley or Landisburg
Crosses: Sherman Creek
Truss type: Burr & Queen
Spans: 1+
Length: 132' overall, 123'-2" span
Roadway Width: 15'-5"
Built: 1869
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 20.161
Longitude: W077 18.566
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.1 miles south of jct PA233, PA850 (Main St.) and Carlisle St. in Landisburg on Carlisle St., then 0.4 miles right on Kennedy Valley Rd. ½ mile south of Landisburg in Tyrone Township.

Rice's or Kennedy Valley or Landisburg Bridge, Tyrone, Perry County, PA. Built 1869
Todd Clark Collection

Rice's or Kennedy Valley or Landisburg Bridge, Tyrone, Perry County, PA. Built 1869
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, April 11, 2026

Rice's or Kennedy Valley or Landisburg Bridge, Tyrone, Perry County, PA. Built 1869
Bill Caswell Photo, July 26, 2013

Rice or Landisburg Bridge, Tyrone, Perry County, PA Built 1869
Bucknell University: Nelson F. Davis Covered Bridges Photograph Collection, October 28, 1936

Comments:
12-panel truss. It is a single span Burr Arch built in 1869, but also included in the truss system is a center pier, directly below the centerline of the arch, which may or may not have been added at a later date. Assuming that the center pier was added later, the queenpost-like pony arches were probably added at the same time. This and PA/38-50-02 are likely a Modified Burr or Burr variant. Rebuilt 2003.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 231
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 120-121
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, August 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 125

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