The 1879 Hewitt Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located in Southampton Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The bridge is an 88-foot-long (27 m), low to medium Burr truss bridge with a medium gable roof crossing over Town Creek and is one of 15 historic covered bridges in Bedford County.

The sides of this 14-foot-wide county-owned bridge are almost completely covered with vertical boards on the outside as it rests on its stone and mortar abutments. Just to the west of the bridge are the ruins of a gristmill that belonged to the McElfish family, who also ran the local Post Office.

In 1983, a flood washed away the stone and mortar abutment, but it was restored along with the rest of the bridge in 2000. In December 1999, the bridge was completely removed from its abutments by P. Joseph Lehman, Inc., an engineering firm hired by Bedford County to restore the bridge for $617,000. Each piece was numbered as it was removed, and 80% of the original structure members were able to be used for the rehabilitation. In October of 2000, it was once again open to traffic

At one time, there was a 60-foot covered bridge that also crossed Town Creek near Chaneysville. It had been built in 1892 and was still standing in the late 1950s. Because of the total weight of the local school bus, the children had to get off the bus, walk across the bridge, and then get back on the bus to continue on their way to school. Of the three covered bridges that once stood in Southampton Township, the Hewitt Bridge is the only one that remains.

Hewitt Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 10, 1980.

Located at:  N39 45.273  W78 30.667      -      WGCB #38-05-26

Photographed in June of 2025

Photos by Millard Farmer