E of Montandon on T 573, East/West Chillisquaque Townships, Montandon, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Northumberland.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 08, 1979. NRIS 79002310.
1 contributing structure.
Rishel Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at East Chillisquaque Township and West Chillisquaque Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It is a single span, 110.16-foot-long (33.58 m), Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1830. It crosses the Chillisquaque Creek. It may be the oldest covered wooden bridge in the United States.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993420