The Zook's Mill Covered Bridge is a
covered bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
that spans
Cocalico Creek
Cocalico Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Conestoga River in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Lebanon and Lancaster County, Pennsyl ...
in
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Cocalico #7 Bridge.
The bridge is also known as Wenger Covered Bridge or Rose Hill Covered Bridge. It is located west of
Brownstown on T 797, near the
Warwick
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and
West Earl Townships.
The bridge has a single span, wooden, double
Burr arch truss
The Burr Arch Truss—or, simply, Burr Truss or Burr Arch—is a combination of an arch and a ''multiple kingpost'' truss design. It was invented in 1804 by Theodore Burr, patented on April 3, 1817, and used in bridges, usually covered bridge ...
es design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from oak planks.
It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on both the inside and outside. Both approaches to the bridge are painted red with white trim.
The bridge is 74 feet long and 13 feet three inches wide. It has a
wooden burr type
truss
A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure.
In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembl ...
and was built in 1849 by Henry Zook. Unlike many other bridges in the county the bridge withstood
Hurricane Agnes
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, despite being filled with feet of water. It is also known as the Wenger Covered Bridge, the Rose Hill Covered Bridge, and the Cocalico #7 Bridge.
The bridge's
WGCB Number is 38-36-14. Added in 1980, it is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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as structure number 80003508.
It is located at (40.13017, -76.23183).
The bridge was featured in the 1978 film
''The Boys from Brazil''.
Dimensions
*Length: 74
feet
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(22.6 m)
span
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* Span (engineering), a section between two intermediate supports
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and total length
*Width: clear deck and total width
*Overhead clearance:
*Underclearance:
Gallery
Image:Zook's Mill Covered Bridge Side View 3000px.jpg
Image:Zook's Mill Covered Bridge Three Quarters View 3000px.jpg
Image:Zook's Mill Covered Bridge Side Approach 3000px.jpg
Image:Zook's Mill Covered Bridge First Approach 3264px.jpg
Image:Zook's Mill Covered Bridge Second Approach 3008px.jpg
Image:Zook's Mill Covered Bridge Agnes Sign 3264px.jpg
Image:Zook's Mill Covered Bridge Agnes Water Level 3264px.jpg
Image:Zook's Mill Covered Bridge Burr Arch Truss 3264px.jpg
Image:Zook's Mill Covered Bridge Steel Hanger Rods 3264px.jpg
Image:Zook's_Mill_Covered_Bridge_From_Air_-_Nov_2020.jpeg
See also
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Burr arch truss
The Burr Arch Truss—or, simply, Burr Truss or Burr Arch—is a combination of an arch and a ''multiple kingpost'' truss design. It was invented in 1804 by Theodore Burr, patented on April 3, 1817, and used in bridges, usually covered bridge ...
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List of Lancaster County covered bridges
The following is a list of covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA. Lancaster County has the most covered bridges in Pennsylvania with 28 covered bridges. Parke County, Indiana has the most covered bridges of any county in the Uni ...
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Covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Bridges completed in 1849
Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
1849 establishments in Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
Burr Truss bridges in the United States