Forksville Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

1850 Covered Bridge over Loyalsock Creek in Forksville, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA. Scaffolding beneath the bridge is apparently for painting the bridge · Ruhrfisch / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Forksville Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 3 of them in Sullivan County.

It was built in 1850, in the Civil War era, making it the 13th oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date; it crosses Loyalsock Creek.

Status check, 2026-11: Burr arch truss over Loyalsock Creek built by 18-year-old Sadler Rogers, restored in 1970 and 2004 and still open to traffic. Most sources give its length as 152 ft 11 in, but the NRHP-based list gives 146 ft. Forksville Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 41.4883° N, 76.6000° W.

Key facts

Current structure built	1850
Crosses	Loyalsock Creek
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place
National Register	Listed
Coordinates	41.48830, -76.60000

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Nearby places

Hillsgrove Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Sullivan County · 4.1 mi
Sonestown Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Sullivan County · 10.1 mi
Laquin
ghost town · Bradford County · 10.3 mi
Masten
ghost town · Lycoming County · 11.5 mi
Barclay
ghost town · Bradford County · 11.7 mi
Ricketts
ghost town · Sullivan County · 18 mi
Y Covered Bridge No. 156
covered bridge · Columbia County · 18.4 mi
Lairdsville Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Lycoming County · 19.5 mi
Creasyville Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Columbia County · 20.4 mi
Knapp's Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Bradford County · 20.7 mi
Jud Christie Covered Bridge No. 95
covered bridge · Columbia County · 21.3 mi
Sam Eckman Covered Bridge No. 92
covered bridge · Columbia County · 22.2 mi

Questions

Where is Forksville Covered Bridge?

Forksville Covered Bridge is in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, at 41.4883, -76.6000.

How many covered bridges are in Sullivan County?

Sullivan County, Pennsylvania has 3 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
National Register of Historic Places — National Register of Historic Places record (public-domain)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.