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Sheeder Hall - 1850

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    Sheeder Hall 3 800
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    Sheeder Hall 1 800
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    Sheeder Hall 5 800
  • Sheeder Hall 2b 800
    Sheeder Hall 2b 800
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    Sheeder Hall 4 800
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    Sheeder Hall 6 800
  • Sheeder Hall 3 800
  • Sheeder Hall 1 800
  • Sheeder Hall 5 800
  • Sheeder Hall 2b 800
  • Sheeder Hall 4 800
  • Sheeder Hall 6 800
    • Sheeder Hall 3 800
    • Sheeder Hall 1 800
    • Sheeder Hall 5 800
    • Sheeder Hall 2b 800
    • Sheeder Hall 4 800
    • Sheeder Hall 6 800

     

    The 1850 Hall's Covered Bridge, also known as Sheeder-Hall Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge located in East Vincent Township and West Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

     

    Hall's Bridge has two spans and is a 100-foot-long, 12.1 feet wide Burr truss bridge, constructed in 1850 by Robert Russell and Jacob Fox. The length of the largest span is 49.9 ft. and is the oldest covered bridge in Chester County and is owned by the county. It crosses French Creek, just downstream of its confluence with Birch Run.  It was rehabilitated in 1996.

     

    Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
    Total length: 102.0 ft.
    Deck width: 12.1 ft.

     

    Of the 1,500 covered bridges that once stood in the state of Pennsylvania, as of 2019, approximately 200 remain.

     

    Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1973.

     

    Located at:  N40 08.863    W75 37.238     -     WGCB #38-15-12

    Photographed in May of 2012.

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