WayfarrowHollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40
Covered bridge · Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40 is a covered bridge in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 24 of them in Columbia County.
It crosses Catawissa Creek; it is about 117 feet long (16th longest of 83 measured in Pennsylvania).
Status check, 2026-11: A Burr arch truss over Catawissa Creek built by Peter Ent. Sources split between 1850 (NRHP-based) and 1851 (county site), and it was rehabilitated in 1999. The county site gives the length as 128 ft, but most sources say 116.9–117.1 ft. Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.9517° N, 76.4478° W.
Key facts
| Crosses | Catawissa Creek |
|---|---|
| Length | 117 ft |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 40.95170, -76.44780 |
Nearby places
- Rupert Covered Bridge No. 56covered bridge · Columbia County · 2.4 mi
- Davis Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Columbia County · 2.8 mi
- Furnace Covered Bridge No. 11covered bridge · Columbia County · 3.2 mi
- Parr's Mill Covered Bridge No. 10covered bridge · Columbia County · 3.4 mi
- Riegel Covered Bridge No. 6covered bridge · Columbia County · 4.4 mi
- Snyder Covered Bridge No. 17covered bridge · Columbia County · 4.5 mi
- Rohrbach Covered Bridge No. 24covered bridge · Columbia County · 4.9 mi
- Johnson Covered Bridge No. 28covered bridge · Columbia County · 5.4 mi
- Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19covered bridge · Columbia County · 5.6 mi
- Lawrence L. Knoebel Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northumberland County · 6 mi
- Wanich Covered Bridge No. 69covered bridge · Columbia County · 6.4 mi
- Richards Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northumberland County · 6.6 mi
Questions
Where is Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40?
Hollingshead Covered Bridge No. 40 is in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, at 40.9517, -76.4478.
How many covered bridges are in Columbia County?
Columbia County, Pennsylvania has 24 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.