Keller's Mill Covered Bridge | |
|---|---|
 On Rettew Mill Road in July 2006, before the bridge was disassembled and moved | |
| Coordinates | 40°9′51″N 76°13′57″W / 40.16417°N 76.23250°W |
| Carries | Middle Creek Road (TR 660) |
| Crosses | Cocalico Creek |
| Locale | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Official name | Cocalico No. 5 Bridge |
| Other name(s) | Guy Bard's |
| Maintained by | Lancaster County |
| WGCB # | 38-36-13 |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Width | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Elias McMellen |
| Built | 1873 |
| MPS | Covered Bridges of Lancaster County TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003518[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 10, 1980 |
| Location | |
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The Keller's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Cocalico Creek in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County in the US state of Pennsylvania. A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Cocalico No. 5 Bridge.[2] It is also sometimes known as the Guy Bard Covered Bridge (after a local jurist) and Rettew's Covered Bridge (after the person for whom Rettew's Road is named).[3]
Due to heavy road traffic on the aging one-lane bridge, construction on a new steel and concrete bridge to bypass the covered bridge took place in the summer of 2006. According to Ephrata Township supervisor Clark Stauffer, the bridge has been disassembled and will be reassembled a few miles downstream to replace an existing one-,lane Middle Creek Road bridge.[4] It was located at 40°10′11.4″N 76°12′16.8″W / 40.169833°N 76.204667°W (40.16983, −76.20467) before being disassembled.[5]
- ^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ^ "Keller's Mill Covered Bridge". Lancaster County, PA Government Portal. County of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. October 20, 2001. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2006.
- ^ "Guy Bard's (Keller's) Covered Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ^ Robinson, Ryan (September 30, 2006). "Rebirth of a covered bridge?". LancasterOnline.com : News. Lancaster Newspapers. Archived from the original on May 27, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2006.
- ^ Travis, Dale. "38-36-13". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved August 8, 2006.