Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19
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The bridge relocated to the entrance of the Foxtail housing development in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania in September 2012.
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Location | Pennsylvania Route 468, Locust Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°53′32″N 76°22′28″W / 40.89222°N 76.37444°WCoordinates: 40°53′32″N 76°22′28″W / 40.89222°N 76.37444°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1856 |
Built by | Kostenbauder, Dan |
Architectural style | Other, Queen Post Truss |
MPS | Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR |
NRHP Reference # | 79003178 |
Added to NRHP | November 29, 1979 |
The Wagner Covered Bridge No. 19 is a historic wooden covered bridge, originally built in Locust Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. When built in 1856 it was a 56.5-foot-long (17.2 m), Queen Post Truss bridge with a tarred metal roof. It originally crossed the North Branch of Roaring Creek. It is one of 28 historic covered bridges in Columbia and Montour Counties.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The bridge was dismantled on March 23, 1981, and the pieces stored at Knoebels Amusement Resort until it was rebuilt at the entrance to a housing development in Hemlock Township in 1994. The coordinates above refer to the bridge's original location, its new location is 40°59.93′N 76°28.96′W / 40.99883°N 76.48267°W.