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Hall's Bridge

Covered bridge · Chester County, Pennsylvania

Hall's Bridge (Sheeder Hall Bridge) on the NRHP since April 23, 1973. About 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Chester Springs at Sheeder Road and Birch Run spanning Eas
Hall's Bridge (Sheeder Hall Bridge) on the NRHP since April 23, 1973. About 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Chester Springs at Sheeder Road and Birch Run spanning Eas · Smallbones / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Hall's Bridge is a covered bridge in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 13 of them in Chester 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.

Status check, 2026-11: Also called Sheeder-Hall, it is Chester County's oldest covered bridge and was rehabilitated in 2017. It has a 100 ft span, but total-length figures disagree (102, 116 and 120 ft), so no length is given. One local article also mentions an 1881 rebuild that other sources don't confirm. Hall's Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.1475° N, 75.6208° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1850
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates40.14750, -75.62083

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Questions

Where is Hall's Bridge?

Hall's Bridge is in Chester County, Pennsylvania, at 40.1475, -75.6208.

How many covered bridges are in Chester County?

Chester County, Pennsylvania has 13 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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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.