Check out this series of aerial photographs of the Veterans Memorial Bridge between Columbia and Wrightsville…
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Veterans Memorial Bridge slate coaster set available for purchase
Purchase a four-pack of 4″x4″ slate coaster set featuring the iconic 1930 Veterans Memorial Bridge (Columbia–Wrightsville…
On this Day in History: Veterans Memorial Bridge opens to the public
On September 30, 1930, the Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge, officially called the Veterans Memorial Bridge, opened to the…
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…
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…
On this Day in History: Columbia’s first bridge across the Susquehanna destroyed
On this day in 1832, the first bridge to span the Susquehanna River between Columbia and…
Meet York County’s silent stone sentinels: the Wrightsville Lime Kilns
If you have ever eaten at John Wright Restaurant in Wrightsville, you may have noticed the…