Dellville Covered Bridge

{{short description|Covered bridge in Pennsylvania, US}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Dellville Covered Bridge

| nrhp_type =

| image = Dellville_Covered_Bridge_PA_2012.jpg

| caption = The bridge in 2012

| location = T 456, Wheatfield Township, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|40|21|49|N|77|7|0|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA

| built = 1889 (rebuilt 2019)

| architect = Clouser, Andrew

| architecture = Burr

| added = August 25, 1980

| area = {{convert|0.1|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000707|title=Covered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties TR}}

| refnum = 80003593{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

The Dellville Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge located in Dellville Pennsylvania. It is a {{convert|174|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}}, three span, burr truss bridge over Shermans Creek, built to replace a previous covered bridge constructed in 1889 by Andrew Clouser.{{cite web|url={{NRHP-PA|H050837_01H.pdf}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Rice Covered Bridge |date=1980-03-10|accessdate=2009-10-20 |author=Susan M. Zacher|publisher=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission}}

The original bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

On November 3, 2014, it was significantly damaged in a fire that police later ruled was arson.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc27.com/story/27189825/crews-battle-fire-at-historic-covered-bridge |title=Officials investigating fire at historic covered bridge |date=2014-11-03 |publisher=ABC27.com |accessdate=2014-11-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103172244/http://www.abc27.com/story/27189825/crews-battle-fire-at-historic-covered-bridge |archivedate=2014-11-03 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/11/dellville_covered_bridge_fire.html|title=Officials still working to determine cause of fire that damaged historic Dellville Covered Bridge|date=2014-11-03|author=Jeffrey A. Johnson|publisher=PennLive.com|accessdate=2014-11-03}}{{cite web|url=http://abc27.com/2015/05/14/midstate-mystery-the-burning-of-the-dellville-covered-bridge/|title=Midstate Mystery: The burning of the Dellville covered bridge|date=2015-05-14|author=Ali Lanyon|publisher=abc27.com|accessdate=2015-08-18}} In 2017, work removing the burned and charred remains of the old Dellville Covered Bridge began, and in 2018, the work rebuilding the bridge began in earnest. By July 2019, the new replica bridge was completed at a cost of $966,000. In November 2019, two men were charged as juveniles for the arson.{{Cite web|date=2019-11-05|title=2 charged with arson of landmark Dellville Bridge|url=https://www.abc27.com/news/local/2-charged-with-arson-of-landmark-dellville-bridge/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=ABC27|language=en-US}}