Pequea in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Colemanville Covered Bridge

Pequea #12

Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., May 16, 2021

1. Colemanville Covered Bridge Marker

Inscription. The Colemanville Covered Bridge was originally built in 1856 by James C. Carpenter at a cost of $2,244. After being damaged twice by flooding, it was partially rebuilt in 1938 by Edmund Gardner and in 1973 by David Esh. The bridge was completely rebuilt by the Lancaster City Bridge Crew in 1992 for S350,000. During the restoration process the bridge was raised by 6 feet and moved a few feet west to protect it from future flooding. This bridge is the second longest Covered Bridge in Lancaster County measuring 170 feet in length.

County Commissioners: Chairman Dennis P. Stuckey, Vice Chair Joshua G. Parsons, Commissioner Craig E. Lehman

Bridge records courtesy of the Lancaster County Archives.
Sign provided by the Lancaster Bicycle Club.

Erected by Lancaster Bicycle Club.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. In addition, it is included in the Covered Bridges series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1856.

Location. 39° 53.951′ N, 76° 20.524′ W. Marker is in Pequea, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is on Fox Hollow Road 0.3 miles south of Pequea Boulevard (Pennsylvania Route 324), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pequea PA 17565, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers.

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At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Cost of Dynamite (approx. 0.7 miles away); York Furnace Bridge (approx. 1.8 miles away); In Honor (approx. 2.4 miles away); Marticville (approx. 2.6 miles away); a different marker also named York Furnace Bridge (approx. 2.7 miles away); Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal (approx. 2.7 miles away); Susquehanna Canal (approx. 2.7 miles away); The River's Ways (approx. 2.8 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Servicing a Freight Road (was approx. 1.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., May 16, 2021

2. Colemanville Covered Bridge Marker

Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., May 16, 2021

3. Colemanville Covered Bridge Marker

This is the south end of the bridge.

Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., May 16, 2021

4. Colemanville Covered Bridge Marker

In photo 3, this sign cannot be seen, because it is on the inside of the bridge's west wall near the bridge's south end.

Colemanville Covered Bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jim Fredlund, January 29, 2025

5. Colemanville Covered Bridge

Inside Colemanville Covered Bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jim Fredlund, January 29, 2025

6. Inside Colemanville Covered Bridge

Photographed by Jim Fredlund, January 29, 2025

7. Colemanville Covered Bridge

Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 430 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on May 19, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 18, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. 5, 6, 7. submitted on January 31, 2025, by Jim Fredlund of Olney, Maryland. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.