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Sam Wagner or Gottlieb Brown, Montour County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-47-01 / PA-49-11
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.

Sam Wagner or Gottleib Brown Bridge, East Chillisquaque-Liberty, PA Built 1881
© Lisa Plamondon

Sam Wagner or Gottleib Brown Bridge, East Chillisquaque-Liberty, Montour County, PA. Built 1881
Bill Caswell Photo, May 29, 2011

Comments:
Cost $939.00. 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.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 206
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, April 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 123

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