Photographs from a Sunday Afternoon - Location 2

LOCATION 2: Miller Bridge (also known as Slate Hill Road Bridge) and Grist Mill

And now a word from our PENNDOT Historical Inventory:

The single lane bridge carries a 2 lane road over a stream in a rural setting.  At the southwest quadrant is the non-operative D. Miller grist mill (ca. 1870), now owned by the United Water Co., which operates a modern water treatment facility adjacent to the mill.  The mill dam and race systems have been expanded and rebuilt to service the water company.  To the northwest is a recently constructed residential subdivision.  The setting does not have the cohesiveness or integrity of a historic district.
 The 4-span, 123'-long stone arch bridge has red sandstone voussoirs at the 2 center spans, and brick arch rings at the 2 shorter end spans.  The spandrels and parapets are contrasting white limestone fieldstone.  At the north end, a section of parapet has been replaced with concrete.  Several generations of repointing have partially obscured the stone in some sections of parapet, spandrels, and intrados.  Available state and county records do not document the date of construction and the plaque has been lost, but a date of ca. 1900 is estimated based on style and comparison with 12 extant stone arch highway bridges in York County.  All of the documented examples in the county have early 20th century dates of construction.  Stone arch bridges are a traditional technology that was brought to Pennsylvania in the colonial period and used with great frequency through the early 20th century.  Over 350 examples have been identified statewide.  This example is historically and technologically distinguished in the local and regional population.  It is the longest and only example of greater than 2 spans in York County.  Although of unequal span lengths, the bridge has relatively handsome proportions and stonework exhibiting craftsmanship.

Grist Mill

From left to right: Miller Bridge, Grist Mill, Raceway, Dam

Looking North East
The dam is behind me and the grist mill is to the right (not seen in shot).

Photographs from a Sunday Afternoon - Location 3

LOCATION 3: On Lisburn Road near Shelter lane--just a hop, skip and jump from the Camp Hill Correctional Facility.

Photographs from a Sunday Afternoon - Location 1

I completed my chores for the weekend but only had a few hours of daylight to spend so I couldn't venture out very far from home. I decided to visit four places within 10-15 minutes of my home. Here is one of four spots I visited.


LOCATION 1: Green Lane Bridge (also known as Etters Bridge).

This bridge crosses the Yellow Breeches and allows entry to Green Lane Farm which you can tell was a farm converted to a housing development. This bridge is VERY busy for a one lane bridge.

Overview - Through truss bridge over Yellow Breeches Creek on Green Lane Drive in Lower Allen Township

Location - Cumberland and York Counties, Pennsylvania

Status - Open to traffic

History - Built 1889

Builder - Dean & Westbrook

Design - Pratt through truss

Dimensions - 

Span length: 132.9 ft.
Total length: 132.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.2 ft.