Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge in Lancaster County

The Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge is located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and was built in 1885 by James C. Carpenter. The builder built a total of nine bridges across Lancaster County with five of them still remaining today.

You'll find it located on Siegrist Road in Rapho and West Hempfield Townships. It's owned and maintained by the county and is officially called the Big Chiques #6 Bridge since it spans the Chiques Creek. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

It measures approximately 100 feet in length, 15 feet wide with a 10 foot 0 inch clearance. The bridge has a single span and is in the Burr Arch Trusses Design with the deck made from oak planks. It looks a lot like other bridges found in the country due to the traditional paint color of barn red with both approaches painted in white.

At the one approach to the bridge you'll find the historical marker which gives you some of the history on it. It's approximately a 5 minute read if you're interested. Inside the bridge you'll find the official county plaque that gives you a little bit of information on it. You'll find it tacked up on an inside wall near the approach.

When visiting this one we had to pull off to the side of the road in a patch of knee-high weeds. There was no official pull-off area, so you do need to be careful. We had to be mindful of traffic (not a lot of it) but it's hard to see if anyone is coming if you're standing inside the bridge. We found it best to have one person stand outside keeping an eye on approaching traffic.

The Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge was the second stop on the Lancaster County Covered Bridge tour with the Forry's Mill Covered Bridge being the first. You'll find Forry's Mill located less than one mile away, so while you're there...take the short drive to see that one too.

Interested in learning more about Pennsylvania's covered bridges? You can check out our Covered Bridges section on our travel blog to learn more! We're on a mission to visit all of them in our great state and will be documenting them on the blog for our readers to enjoy.

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