The Riegel Covered Bridge No. 6 (also known as the Reuben Reigel's Covered Bridge) was an historic wooden covered bridge that was located in Franklin Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
Riegel Covered Bridge No. 6 | |
Location | Pennsylvania Route 312, southwest of Catawissa, Franklin Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°54′44″N 76°30′49″W / 40.91222°N 76.51361°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1870 |
Built by | Jacob Kostenbauder |
Architectural style | Burr Truss Arch |
MPS | Covered Bridges of Columbia and Montour Counties TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79003196[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 29, 1979 |
This historic structure was a 107.25-foot-long (32.69 m), Burr Truss arch bridge with a tarred metal roof, constructed in 1870. It crossed Roaring Creek.
It was one of twenty-eight historic covered bridges that were located in Columbia and Montour counties identified during the late-1970s.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] The bridge was destroyed in an arson fire on May 30, 1979.[3]