About
Fowlersville Covered Bridge stands in the southwestern corner of Briar Creek Lake Park in North Centre Township, Columbia County, near Berwick. It is a 40-foot queenpost bridge built in 1886. It now crosses a small spring-fed tributary of Briar Creek and is open only to people on foot.
History
Charles King built the bridge in 1886 across the West Branch of Briar Creek on State Route 1015, south of Fowlersville. Uncoveringpa calls it the most recently built of the county's covered bridges and the easternmost. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979, while still at its original site. In 1986 it was moved and rebuilt in the park.
Design
A queenpost truss uses two vertical posts joined by a horizontal beam, with diagonal braces to the ends. The bridge is 40 feet 1.5 inches long overall and has board-and-batten siding.
Visiting
The bridge is reached on foot inside Briar Creek Lake Park, which Uncoveringpa says is open from dawn until dusk. The Susquehanna Greenway describes access as on foot and seasonal. A large dirt pull-off near the bridge serves as parking.
Sources: Fowlersville Covered Bridge (Wikipedia), Fowlersville Bridge panel (Susquehanna Greenway), Covered Bridges of Columbia County (Uncovering PA)
Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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