Pennsylvania Covered Bridges Part 2

Pennsylvania Covered Bridges Part 2

September 8, on the same day we visited 4 covered bridges. The first two bridges are in my first post and now this post is on the last two bridges we visited. 

Josiah Hess Covered Bridge is built over the Huntington Creek also located in Columbia County in Orangeville Pennsylvania. 

A view of the Huntington Creek. 

A look inside the Josiah Hess Covered Bridge.

I walked down to the creek for a view of the bridge and noticed two Great Blue Herons down stream a bit. I spooked one away, but was able to watch one do some fishing.  

Stillwater Covered Bridge crosses the Big Fishing Creek in Columbia County in Stillwater Pennsylvania.

A look inside the Stillwater Covered Bridge open to pedestrians. 

I like the murals painted on the picnic tables. 

Below is a great Rachel Carson quote painted on a picnic table.

The Stillwater Covered Bridge crosses the Big Fishing Creek.

Thanks for visiting! Take care, have a great day!  

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

A tour of Pennsylvania Covered Bridges

On Sept 8-10 hubby and I were on a mini road trip in Pennsylvania. We started of with a tour of Pennsylvania Covered Bridges.  

We made a quick stop at a rest area next to the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.  

I found 4 covered bridges some what close together in Columbia County Pa.  The first stop was at the Wanich Covered Bridge in Mt Pleasant Township near Bloomsburg Pennsylvania.

Below is a mosaic of the Wanich Covered Bridge. 

The Wanich Covered Bridge crosses the Little Fishing Creek.

Our next stop near Forks Pa was at the Twin Bridges called East Paden Covered Bridge and the West Paden Covered Bridge crosses the Huntington Creek. Both bridges open to pedestrian traffic only are lined with mural covered picnic tables. 

West Paden Twin Bridge

A pretty view of the Huntington Creek.

Both East and West Paden Twin Bridges

Various photos of the Twin Bridges.

Below are mosaics of the mural picnic tables that are inside the twin covered bridges.  I loved this raccoon themed mural.

Below is a mural of woman with yellow hair wearing mirror sunglasses, it is neat to see the covered bridge in the glasses. Very creative. 

Various short poem on the picnic tables.

Floral murals, a deer and pumpkins, a domestic geese.

Some of this mural has a medieval theme but also has a unicorn, mermaid and a sea creature? 

I have two more covered bridges from this area, I will do a separate post, I did not want to overdo the photos.  Thanks for visiting. I hope you enjoyed the Pennsylvania Covered Bridges.  

Covered Bridges of Frederick County, Maryland

I am also linking up with Sunday Bridges
Thanks to Louis for hosting Sunday Bridges. I hope you get a chance to visit Sunday Bridges. 


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I was surprised to learn that Frederick County, Maryland was home to three historic covered bridges. There are a total of eight covered bridges in Maryland. At one time there were 52 bridges in Maryland but, neglect, fires, storms and progress have wiped them out.  Each of the three bridges in Frederick County are beautiful and are structured differently. I was able to take some photos of each bridge while on a daytrip with my hubby to Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland.

 The Loys Station bridge is 90 feet long and is the multiple kingpost design.

The first stop was at the Loys Station Rd covered bridge and this one was my favorite of the three covered bridges.

Why cover bridges? The answer is wooden bridges with exposed superstructures were vulnerable to rot. In the 1800's  farmers  needed inland transportation and wood was a plentiful building material.

It is 101 foot long and is called the burr arch design.

This is the Utica Mills covered bridge and as you can see the inside structure looks entirely different that the first Loys Station Bridge.

The Roddy Rd is 40 feet long and is a single span kingpost design.

This is the Roddy Road covered bridge and the smallest. It was the last of the three bridges on our 30 miles loop covered bridge tour. Each of the three bridges have a weight and height restriction. Now, I would like to find the other five covered bridges in Maryland. I am sure I find where they are located just by doing a Google search.

I hope you enjoyed my covered bridge post and I am linking up with Scenic Sunday.  Thanks to the Holleys for hosting. And I thank you for stopping by to see my post. Have a Happy Weekend!