WayfarrowWaggoner Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Perry County, Pennsylvania
Waggoner 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 1889, in the late 19th century, making it the 102nd oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date.
Status check, 2026-11: An arson fire on Oct 21, 2021 left only the charred 1889 Burr trusses. They were given a new roof and siding before Aug 2022, and the bridge was photographed standing in April 2026. Wikipedia still calls it destroyed. Sources give its length as 74, 84 or 86 ft, so no length is listed. Waggoner Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.3594° N, 77.3731° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 40.35944, -77.37306 |
Nearby places
- Adairs Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 2.8 mi
- Rice Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 3.7 mi
- Kochendefer Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 4.5 mi
- Bistline Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 5.4 mi
- Saville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 5.6 mi
- Book's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 8.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 9.6 mi
- Academia Pomeroy Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Juniata County · 10.7 mi
- New Germantown Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 10.9 mi
- Lehman's, Port Royal Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Juniata County · 11.8 mi
- Dellville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 13.5 mi
- Fleisher Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 14.4 mi
Questions
Where is Waggoner Covered Bridge?
Waggoner Covered Bridge is in Perry County, Pennsylvania, at 40.3594, -77.3731.
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.