WayfarrowRishel Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Rishel Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 7 of them in Northumberland County.
It was built in 1830, in the first half of the 19th century, making it the 3rd oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date; it crosses Chillisquaque Creek.
Status check, 2026-11: Burr truss bridge over Chillisquaque Creek, often called Pennsylvania's oldest standing covered bridge, rebuilt after flood damage. Reported lengths conflict (91.5, 110.16 and 121 ft). Rishel Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.9603° N, 76.8161° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1830 |
|---|---|
| Crosses | Chillisquaque Creek |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 40.96030, -76.81610 |
Nearby places
- Gottlieb Brown Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Montour County · 3.6 mi
- Keefer Station Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northumberland County · 7.9 mi
- Keefer Covered Bridge No. 7covered bridge · Montour County · 8.2 mi
- Factory Bridgecovered bridge · Union County · 9.1 mi
- Hassenplug Bridgecovered bridge · Union County · 12.5 mi
- Fritzghost town · Lycoming County · 13.2 mi
- Alviraghost town · Union County · 14.1 mi
- Hayes Bridgecovered bridge · Union County · 14.6 mi
- Riegel Covered Bridge No. 6covered bridge · Columbia County · 16.2 mi
- Rohrbach Covered Bridge No. 24covered bridge · Columbia County · 16.4 mi
- Himmel's Church Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northumberland County · 17.2 mi
- Lawrence L. Knoebel Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northumberland County · 17.2 mi
Questions
Where is Rishel Covered Bridge?
Rishel Covered Bridge is in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, at 40.9603, -76.8161.
How many covered bridges are in Northumberland County?
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania has 7 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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