About
Mount Pleasant Covered Bridge crosses Shermans Creek east of New Germantown and southwest of Blain in Jackson Township, Perry County. It is a kingpost truss bridge built in 1918. Wikipedia and the Perry County PAGenWeb survey give its length as 60 feet, while Dale J. Travis lists 73 feet.
History
L. M. Wentzel built the covered bridge in 1918. The PAGenWeb survey describes it as rebuilt as a covered bridge that year, but gives no date for any earlier crossing. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980, as part of the Covered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties group.
Design
The truss is a kingpost design, which differs from the Burr arch trusses used on most Perry County covered bridges. The National Register record describes it as a modified kingpost and queenpost type. The PAGenWeb survey records a width of 17 feet 9 inches, vertical plank siding and window openings under the eaves.
Visiting
The bridge is on Mount Pleasant Road (Township Road 304), about 0.25 miles south of Pennsylvania Route 274. The sources reviewed do not state whether it carries vehicle traffic today.
Sources: Mount Pleasant Covered Bridge (Wikipedia), Perry County Covered Bridges (PAGenWeb), Mount Pleasant Bridge (Dale J. Travis)
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