Willow Hill Covered Bridge

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Willow Hill Covered Bridge
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Length 93 feet (28.3 meters)
Truss Type single span, double Burr arch truss
Built 1962
Builder Roy Zimmerman

Willow Hill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge located off of U.S. Route 30 that spans Miller’s Run (which flows into Mill Creek, a tributary of the Conestoga River) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built in 1962 by Roy Zimmerman as a reconstruction of the Miller's Farm Covered Bridge, built in 1871 by Elias McMellen, and Good's Fording Covered Bridge, built in 1855. It crosses Mill Creek and is 93 feet long and 15 feet wide.

The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on the outside. The inside is unpainted. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in the traditional white color.

The bridge's WGCB Number is 38-36-43. It is located at 40°1′30″N, 76°12′11.9″W (40.0250, -76.2033).[1]

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  • Length: 93 feet (28.3 m) total length
  • Width: 15 feet (4.6 m) total width

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  1. ^ Travis, Dale. 38-36-43. Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved on 2006-08-08.


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