Lycoming County Covered Bridge News

Lycoming County, PA
has 3 Covered Bridges

Buttonwood (taken 1965)



This bridge was built in 1898 and was restored in the late 1990's. This bridge was 1st painted in the 1960's.

Buckhorn (taken 1965)


Buckhorn, or Cogan House Covered Bridge
was built ib 1877. It also was restored in 1990's.

Frazier (Photo taken 1965)


Frazier or Lairdsville Covered Bridge crosses Muncy Creek, was built in 1888. This is the bridge that is going to be restored in 2008 or 2009. They will be repairing the roof, replacing the truss timbers and floor boards that have decayed over the years, repair the foundation.
While the newspaper article stated that this bridge was built in 1929, all records that I have, and researched shows that it was built in 1888. The article also stated that this bridge had already undergone repairs last time in the 1940's.

the fill newspaper article can be read here

This is just a small portion of the article about the bridges-

The agency is providing the county with $820,000 in federal and state funds to
repair the covered bridge that spans Little Muncy Creek on Township Road 664
southwest of Lairdsville.According to county transportation planner Mark
Murawski, the bridge is one of three covered bridges owned and maintained by
the county.The other two, which were refurbished in the late 1990s, are
located in Buttonwood and White Pine, Murawski said.The funding is part of a
state initiative to save the estimated 150 covered bridges in the state, he
said. The bridge’s roof, decaying truss timbers and floor boards must be
replaced, and the foundation repaired, he said.Murawski said design work
should begin next spring and construction could begin in late 2008 or
2009.The bridge was built in 1928 and most recently underwent major repairs
in 1940, he said.

The Lycoming county section of the Fred Yenerall's Collection can be seen here

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