Shoemaker Bridge
38-19-06
type: Queen Truss
length: 54 feet
built: 1881
latitude: 41.15137272410
longitude: -76.53610013320
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Shoemaker Bridge, located on West Branch Run (which flows into Little Fishing Creek in Pine Township), is on Shoemaker Bridge Road, near Pennsylvania Route 442, northwest of Iola.
Built in 1881 by T.S. Christian and costing $322.00, the bridge was named after Joseph Shoemaker, a nearby farmer and lumberman.
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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