Halls Mill Covered Bridge

About

Halls Mill Covered Bridge crosses Yellow Creek, a tributary of the Juniata River, in Hopewell Township, Bedford County, north of Everett. It is a 91-foot, single-span Burr truss bridge dated 1872. It is county-owned and open to traffic.

History

The National Register, Wikipedia and the World Guide to Covered Bridges date the bridge to 1872. Coveredbridges.net instead says the present structure dates from 1884 and is the seventh bridge on the site since 1860. No builder is recorded. Dalejtravis.com lists a rebuild in 1994. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 10, 1980, as part of the Bedford County Covered Bridges multiple property submission. Lengths in sources range from 91 feet (National Register) to 96 feet (dalejtravis.com).

Design

It is a Burr truss with a medium-pitched gable roof. In a Burr truss, a long timber arch on each side is combined with a multiple kingpost truss, and the arch ends bear on the abutments. Coveredbridges.net describes the bridge as painted white with red trim and open along the sides.

Visiting

From PA 26, about 3.5 miles west of its junction with PA 915 at Hopewell, take Halls Hill Road south for 0.25 mile, then St. Pauls Church Road south for 0.15 mile to the bridge, according to dalejtravis.com. The bridge carries St. Pauls Church Road and is open to vehicles.

Sources: Halls Mill Covered Bridge (Wikipedia), Halls Mill 38-05-15 (dalejtravis.com), Hall's Mill Covered Bridge (coveredbridges.net)