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Apr 22, 2018 · Sachs Covered Bridge in Gettysburg, designated Pennsylvania’s “most historic bridge" in 1938 and also on the National Register of Historic Places, has quite a storied, and potentially haunted history. Link Link Link. Before it was haunted, it was a bridge built in 1852. Sach’s bridge is a “Town Truss” bridge, which is a lattice-like ...
Apr 26, 2022 · After the battle ended, the town slowly put their lives back together. Sachs Covered Bridge fortunately did not sustain any damage and served as a functional bridge for another century. In 1968, the 100-foot-long bridge was determined to be no longer safe for travel and was closed for good. It updated in the 1990s and now stands better than ever.
Any time I am in Gettysburg I try to stop by this bridge. I just love this covered bridge and the history behind it. It took me a little bit to find it the first time as my GPS tried to take me to Sachs road. The bride is beautiful. You can't drive over it, but I like that. I like that you can walk over it and learning the history behind the ...
About the Author: S.E. Schlosser. S.E. Schlosser is the author of the by Globe Pequot Press, as well as the Ghost Stories deck by Random House. She has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of "let's pretend" quickly built themselves into full-length tales acted out with friends.
Sachs Covered Bridge is free to visit 24 hours a day, but two- to three-hour ghost tours that include a stop at the bridge generally cost at least $24 per adult. There are no amenities available ...
I was on a ghost hunt at Sachs Bridge in Gettysburg, PA, in May of 2013, and I took this video of a spirit named "Tennessee" who fought in The Civil War, smo...
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As recently as the 1930s, there were nearly 900 covered bridges in Pennsylvania. At that time Adams County boasted 24 historic covered bridges. Today, the Sachs Bridge is just one of three remaining bridges in the county. A rare survivor of 1996 flood, the bridge was retrieved from where it had washed downstream and returned to its new supports.
