RICE COVERED BRIDGE

	Rice Covered Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Rice Covered Bridge, October 2010
Location	South of Landisburg on Legislative Route 50023, Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°20′9″N 77°18′34″W / 40.33583°N 77.30944°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1869
Architectural style	Burr, Queen Post
MPS	Covered Bridges of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry Counties TR
NRHP reference No.	80003596
Added to NRHP	August 25, 1980

The Rice Covered Bridge, also known as the Landisburg Covered Bridge, is an historic, American wooden covered bridge that is located in Tyrone Township near Landisburg in Perry County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

History and architectural features

This historic structure is a 123-foot-long (37 m) combination Burr truss and queen post bridge, constructed in 1869. It crosses Shermans Creek. Its WGCB reference is 38-50-10.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

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Interior, showing the rare combination of queen post and Burr arch trusses

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Susan M. Zacher (March 10, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Rice Covered Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved 2011-11-20.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[arch-2] Susan M. Zacher (March 10, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Rice Covered Bridge" (PDF). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved 2011-11-20.

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Historic districts	Little Buffalo Historic District Newport Historic District
Other properties	Adairs Covered Bridge Bistline Covered Bridge Book's Covered Bridge Bridge in Newport Borough Dellville Covered Bridge Dunbar-Creigh House Fleisher Covered Bridge Kochendefer Covered Bridge Israel and Samuel Lupfer Tannery Site and House Millersburg Ferry Mt. Pleasant Covered Bridge New Germantown Covered Bridge O'Donel House and Farm Perry County Courthouse Red Covered Bridge Rice Covered Bridge Rockville Bridge Saville Covered Bridge Waggoner Covered Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Perry County, Pennsylvania and List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania

v t e US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by county	Adams Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Berks Blair Bradford Bucks Butler Cambria Cameron Carbon Centre Chester East North South Clarion Clearfield Clinton Columbia Crawford Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Elk Erie Fayette Forest Franklin Fulton Greene Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson Juniata Lackawanna Lancaster Lawrence Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming McKean Mercer Mifflin Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Pike Potter Schuylkill Snyder Somerset Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Union Venango Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York
Lists by city	Pittsburgh Lancaster Philadelphia Center City North Northeast Northwest South Southwest West
Other lists	European archaeological sites Native American archaeological sites Bridges ( covered) National Historic Landmarks ( Philadelphia)
Category NRHP portal

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Pennsylvania
Historic districts	Little Buffalo Historic District Newport Historic District
Other properties	Adairs Covered Bridge Bistline Covered Bridge Book's Covered Bridge Bridge in Newport Borough Dellville Covered Bridge Dunbar-Creigh House Fleisher Covered Bridge Kochendefer Covered Bridge Israel and Samuel Lupfer Tannery Site and House Millersburg Ferry Mt. Pleasant Covered Bridge New Germantown Covered Bridge O'Donel House and Farm Perry County Courthouse Red Covered Bridge Rice Covered Bridge Rockville Bridge Saville Covered Bridge Waggoner Covered Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Perry County, Pennsylvania and List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania

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