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Rice Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Perry County, Pennsylvania

Rice Covered Bridge on the NRHP since August 25, 1980. South of Landisburg on Legislative Route 50023 (Kennedy Valley Rd., just south of Water Street) in Tyrone
Rice Covered Bridge on the NRHP since August 25, 1980. South of Landisburg on Legislative Route 50023 (Kennedy Valley Rd., just south of Water Street) in Tyrone · Smallbones / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Rice Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Perry County, Pennsylvania, described in its record as Pennsylvania, on the National Register of Historic Places. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 12 of them in Perry County.

It was built in 1869, in the Civil War era, making it the 34th oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date; it crosses Shermans Creek.

Status check, 2026-11: Also called Landisburg Covered Bridge. It combines Burr arch and queenpost trusses and crosses Shermans Creek in Tyrone Township, Perry County. Sources give its length as either 123 ft or 132 ft. Rice Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.3358° N, 77.3094° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1869
CrossesShermans Creek
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates40.33583, -77.30944

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Questions

Where is Rice Covered Bridge?

Rice Covered Bridge is in Perry County, Pennsylvania, at 40.3358, -77.3094.

How many covered bridges are in Perry County?

Perry County, Pennsylvania has 12 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.