"At one point alleged to have been built 1812 by James Moore II, father of the founder of nearby Bucknell University, which at the time would have made it the nation's oldest covered bridge, and it was promoted as such on postcards and tourist brochures. Later research in the 1980s proved it to have been built in 1830 instead." [ArchivedBridgeHunter]
Linda says a bridge was built here in 1812, but it was reconstructed in 1830 after it was damaged by a flood in 1828. Note the 1972 flood water line near the top on the left. That was from Hurricane Agnes. Restoration work was done in 1981 using wood from an 1830 school.
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