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Baumgardener's Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

A photograph of the Baumgardener's Covered Bridge located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The picture is taken from the side showing about 80% of the bridge.
A photograph of the Baumgardener's Covered Bridge located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The picture is taken from the side showing about 80% of the bridge. · Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5

Baumgardener's Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, described in its record as Pequea #10 Bridge. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 32 of them in Lancaster County.

It crosses Pequea Creek; it is about 120 feet long (15th longest of 83 measured in Pennsylvania).

Status check, 2026-11: Officially Pequea #10 Bridge; built in 1860 by Davis Kitch, then rebuilt in 1987 after a 1986 flood, raised 4 ft and lengthened 9 ft (one older source gives 105 ft). Baumgardener's Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 39.9306° N, 76.2950° W.

Key facts

CrossesPequea Creek
Length120 ft
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates39.93060, -76.29500

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Questions

Where is Baumgardener's Covered Bridge?

Baumgardener's Covered Bridge is in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, at 39.9306, -76.2950.

How many covered bridges are in Lancaster County?

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania has 32 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.