Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge

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The Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge is an Template:Convert, Burr Arch Truss covered bridge over Chiques Creek between Rapho and West Hempfield townships, Lancaster County in U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Owned and maintained by the county, its official designation is the Big Chiques #6 Bridge.<ref name="lancaster.pa.us">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The bridge's World Guide to Covered Bridges Number is 38–36–37. Added in 1980, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as structure number 80003513.<ref name="register">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The bridge is less than a mile away from the Forry's Mill Covered Bridge.<ref name="padutch">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

The bridge was built in 1885 by James C. Carpenter. It was named after the Siegrist family who lived nearby.

The bridge survived Hurricane Agnes in 1972 with only minor damage. However, the bridge was ripped from its foundations and swept downstream on September 8, 2011, by flooding caused by remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.<ref name=lancnews>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The bridge's siding, roof and some structural members needed to be replaced. The repairs were expected to cost $750,000 and the bridge was planned to be reopened in November 2012,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> eventually re-opening in August 2013.

Design

The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from oak planks.<ref name="lancaster.pa.us"/> It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on both the inside and outside. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in the traditional white color.

Biblical passages painted on boards are attached to the framing under the bridge deck.<ref name="h773">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Dimensions

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Gallery

• Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge from the air-1.jpg

  Approach view of the bridge from the air

• Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge from the air-2.jpg

  Three quarters view of the bridge from the air

• Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge from the air-3.jpg

  Overhead view of the bridge from the air

• Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge - bible.jpg

  The underside of the bridge showing biblical passages

See also

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
• List of covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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