WayfarrowMount Pleasant Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Perry County, Pennsylvania
Mount Pleasant Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Perry County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 12 of them in Perry County.
It was built in 1918, in the early 20th century, making it the 125th oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date; it crosses Shermans Creek; it is about 60 feet long (58th longest of 83 measured in Pennsylvania).
Status check, 2026-11: King post bridge over Shermans Creek in Jackson Township, Perry County, built by L. M. Wentzel; the crossing was not covered at first and was rebuilt as a covered bridge in 1918; listed on the National Register in 1980. Mount Pleasant Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.3150° N, 77.5456° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Crosses | Shermans Creek |
| Length | 60 ft |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 40.31500, -77.54556 |
Nearby places
- Book's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 1.3 mi
- New Germantown Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 1.3 mi
- Bistline Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 4.2 mi
- Adairs Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 6.8 mi
- Waggoner Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 9.6 mi
- Kochendefer Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 11.2 mi
- Saville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 11.6 mi
- Ramp Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cumberland County · 12.4 mi
- Rice Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 12.5 mi
- Academia Pomeroy Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Juniata County · 12.9 mi
- Lehman's, Port Royal Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Juniata County · 16.8 mi
- St. Mary's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Huntingdon County · 19.1 mi
Questions
Where is Mount Pleasant Covered Bridge?
Mount Pleasant Covered Bridge is in Perry County, Pennsylvania, at 40.3150, -77.5456.
How many covered bridges are in Perry County?
Perry County, Pennsylvania has 12 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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