About
Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge, listed on the National Register as Hall's Bridge, carries Sheeder Road over French Creek just downstream of its confluence with Birch Run, about 3 miles north of Chester Springs. It sits on the line between East Vincent and West Vincent townships in Chester County. It is a two-span Burr truss bridge built in 1850. Wikipedia gives its length as 100 feet; coveredbridges.net lists a total length of 102 feet.
History
Robert Russell and Jacob Fox built the bridge in 1850, and it is the oldest covered bridge in Chester County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1973, and was rehabilitated in 1996. Chester County owns it.
Design
A Burr truss pairs a multiple kingpost truss with a long timber arch on each side. This bridge has two spans, the longest about 49.9 feet, and a deck width of about 12.1 feet. It is one of three covered bridges over French Creek, with Rapps and Kennedy bridges.
Visiting
The bridge is on Sheeder Road in East Vincent Township, at the mouth of Birch Run.
Sources: Hall's Bridge (Wikipedia), Sheeder Hall (coveredbridges.net)
Photo: Imptrck, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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