Buck's County Pennsylvania Covered Bridges

Mood's Covered Bridge Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Mood's Covered bridge Taken 1965

In the early morning hours on June 21, 2004 this bridge was destroyed when 6 local college kids set the bridge of fire. This bridge was repaired and rebuilt in 1997 after a truck damaged the bridge in 1993. It also had heavy steel beams to its structure, under the deck in the 1990's.

PennDOT is going to repair the bridge back again, to its original appearance with a few modifications. The bridge which was built in 1874. They will raise the clearance from the original 11 feet 2 inches to 14 feet 1 inch. They will take about 5 inches off the surface to give the bridge a total clearence of 14 feet 6 inches. The width of the bridge was only 11 feet wide, which made it a one lane bridge. They are now deciding if they want it to be open only for one-way traffic or not. If they restore it to orginial, it will be a one lane bridge. The plans does say that it will be painted red and white. In 1965 when this photo was taken the bridge was white. I have seen recent photos of this bridge that show it as being red.

Article found about the restoration project.

Sholfield also known as Twining Ford Photo taken 1975

Other bridges in Buck's County that have been arsoned include Scholfield - also known as Twining Ford Covered Bridge, which was built in 1873. It was by destroyed by arson on October 7, 1991 - and was rebuilt, it opened on September 7, 1997.

Haupt's Mill Photo Taken 1972

Haupts Mill which was built in 1872 was destroyed by arson in 1985, it was never rebuilt.

All of the Fred Yenerall Collection photos for Bucks County, Pennsylvania can been seen here.

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