Bridge Club: Pine Grove Covered Bridge

Nestled on the edge of Little Britain Township is the 195-foot-long Pine Grove Covered Bridge. In…

On this Day in History: Second bridge crossing the Susquehanna at Columbia opened to traffic in 1834

On this Day in History On July 8, 1834, the Wrightsville and Columbia Bridge, the second…

The Spook of Turniptown Bridge

The bridge crossing Pequea Creek outside of Lampeter is said to be haunted. The tragic story…

Earliest known photo of the Wrightsville and Columbia Bridge

This is the earliest known photograph of the massive covered bridge that once spanned the Susquehanna…

On this Day in History: Union forces burn Wrightsville Bridge to prevent invasion of Lancaster County

On this Day in History June 28, 1863: Union forces burned the Wrightsville Bridge to stop…

Art: Occupation of Wrightsville by Lee’s Army, June 28, 1863

A brief skirmish in Wrightsville and the burning of its covered bridge—immortalized in this print by…

The forgotten winter tradition of ‘snowing the bridge’

Before cars, it was customary for the local farmer to snow a covered bridge after each…

1978 map of Lancaster County’s Covered Bridges

In 1978 Lancaster County had 34 covered bridges. Today, it's 29. Here's a great map showing…

River Guide: The Bridge Club – Pinetown & Hunsecker covered bridges

Unique members of the Bridge Club: Pinetown & Hunsecker that span the Conestoga River from Manheim…

River Guide: The Bridge Club – Umble’s

Learn more about Umble's Mill covered bridge over the Conestoga River at Eden in Manheim Township.

Art: Pequea Trolley in Martic Forge

Pequea Trolley in Martic Forge

Covering a wooden bridge has nothing to do with the horses that use them. Learn why when you visit Lancaster’s second-longest.

1,500 covered bridges use to cross the streams and rivers of Pennsylvania. Today 200 remain and…