Old Keefer Covered Bridge

A single-span multiple Kingpost with Burr arch truss 75' 2" over Chillisquaque Creek.  Located:  On Keefer Mill Road (TR 346), approximately 1 mile southwest of Washingtonville, Liberty Township, Pennsylvania.  Directions:  Approximately 1.5 miles south of Washingtonville, Pennsylvania, at the jct. of SR 54 and Steckermill Road (SR 3010), go west on Steckermill Road (SR 3010) for 0.6 mile to Keefer Mill Road (TR 346).  Turn right on Keefer Mill Road (TR 346) and go 0.5 mile to the bridge.  This is the only covered bridge still standing within the Montour County, Pennsylvania borders, though there is one other covered bridge on the border with Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.  Originally built at a cost of  $498.00  it was rebuilt by the county in 1983.  The bridge is covered with vertical board and batten siding on both the sides and portals.  The Burr arches sandwich a multiple Kingpost structure.  It has a shake roof and lengthwise floor planking.  It has unusual square portal design, known as a storefront portal, which not common in Pennsylvania.  The structure rests on stone and mortar abutments reinforced with concrete and has wing walls extending only to road level.  In 1999, at a cost of $8,500.00, both the sides and portals were recovered with new board and batten siding a new cedar shake roof, and painted barn red with white trim.  Also known as the Keefer Mill Covered Bridge.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979.