Monday, August 5, 2013

McClay’s Mill Twin Bridges

Seemingly in the middle of nowhere, McClay’s Mill Twin Bridges crosses the Conodoquinet Creek in Franklin County. Located not far from Middle Spring and Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, the bridge was built by Silas Harry, a local stonemason, in 1827. Harry would go on to reconstruct the Franklin County Courthouse in 1846. The bridge was repaired by PennDOT in 2010.
The Conodoquinet Creek is a 106-mile tributary to the Susquehanna River. Its name, in the Algonquian language means, “For a long way, nothing but bends.”

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