About
Creasyville Covered Bridge crosses Little Fishing Creek northeast of Millville, on the line between Jackson and Pine townships in Columbia County. It is a 44.5-foot queenpost bridge built in 1881. It sits in a narrow valley about 4.5 miles south of Route 118 and is the farthest upstream of the three covered bridges on Little Fishing Creek.
History
T. S. Christian built the bridge in 1881 for $301.25. Coveredbridges.net says it was probably once called the Derr Bridge, after Iram Derr's nearby sawmill. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979, as one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour counties.
Design
A queenpost truss uses two vertical posts joined by a horizontal beam, with diagonal braces to the ends. At 44 feet 6 inches, this is a single short span. Wikipedia calls it the shortest covered bridge in Columbia County, although the relocated Fowlersville bridge is listed at 40 feet.
Visiting
Uncoveringpa reports ample room for cars to pull off at the bridge and asks visitors not to block the driveway of the nearby house. The sources reviewed do not state whether the bridge is currently open to traffic.
Sources: Creasyville Covered Bridge (Wikipedia), Creasyville (coveredbridges.net), Covered Bridges of Columbia County (Uncovering PA)
Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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