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Bowmansdale Covered Bridge

Cumberland County

 

Bowmansdale Covered Bridge

 

 

GPS

N 40 09.31

W 76 59.48

 

 

built in 1867

 

spans Yellow Breeches creek

 

112 foot length

 

15 foot width

 

 

 

Burr truss

 

 

bridge was originally near Bowmansdale

 

Yellow Breeches Creek
a Pennsylvania Scenic River System

 

In 1971, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob S. Stoner acquired the bridge and donated it to Messiah College,
 where it was rebuilt by the college students and completed in 1972


Messiah College

 

Messiah College

 

older meeting house

 

newer

 

chapel

 

Boyer Hall

 

Murray Library

 

Main

 

local brew

Photos from November 2009


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