{"nrhp_refnum":"80003527","name":"Pinetown Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"E of Lancaster on T 620, Upper Leacock/Manheim Townships","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.10574379900004,"lon":-76.24827818199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Burr truss covered bridge over Conestoga Creek on T620, between Upper Leacock and Manheim Townships in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is also known as Bushong's Mill and was built in 1867 by Elias McMellen.","why_significant":"The form identifies the bridge as one of the covered bridges of Lancaster County that were evaluated together as a thematic group of wooden bridges built in the 19th century. It is described as retaining its engineering integrity despite being raised after the 1972 Agnes Flood. The reviewers considered it a good candidate for listing in its present condition.","narrative":"Built in 1867 by Elias McMellen, the Pinetown Covered Bridge is a Burr truss structure spanning Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on road T620 between Upper Leacock and Manheim Townships. Also called Bushong's Mill, it is 133 feet long with a 15-foot roadway width. Its walls are covered in rough vertical plank siding, and two rectangular windows are cut into the sides mid-span. The Agnes Flood of 1972 knocked the bridge off its abutments. It was returned to them, repaired and raised several feet higher than its original height for about $40,000, and it still retains its engineering integrity. The bridge was dedicated on August 26, 1913. Its importance lies in its place among the wooden covered bridges of Lancaster County, a group of 19th-century timber structures reviewed together for their construction and survival.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Elias McMellen (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Washed off its abutments in the 1972 Agnes Flood, then returned to the abutments, repaired and raised several feet at a cost of $40,000.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.557204-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003527.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003527/3d46cb6239-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003527/3d46cb6239-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pinetown_Bushong%27s_Mill_Covered_Bridge_Side_View_3000px.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pinetown_Bushong%27s_Mill_Covered_Bridge_Side_View_3000px.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993227","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinetown_Bushong%27s_Mill_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7195572"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/pinetown-covered-bridge-80003527/"}