Josiah Hess Bridge
38-19-10
type: Burr Arch
length: 110 feet
built: 1875
latitude: 41.11401759630
longitude: -76.33930485020
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Josiah Hess Bridge, located on Huntington Creek, in Fishing Creek Township, is between Forks and Jonestown off Winding Road.
The bridge was constructed in 1875, by Joseph Redline at a cost of $1,349.50. The Hess family owned a sawmill and farm nearby. Now owned by the Columbia County Covered Bridge Association, it has been restored, and rededicated August 25, 2005.
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Related Links
Columbia County Covered Bridges Association on Facebook
Bloomsburg University Andruss Library has a Special Collection on Covered Bridges
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of PA. Inc.
Park County, Indiana has 32(!) covered bridges