The 1873 McGees Mills Covered Bridge spanning the West Branch of the Susquehanna River is a historic Burr truss wooden covered bridge located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. This 109-foot bridge built by Thomas A McGee utilizing the Burr truss design is owned and maintained by the county of Clearfield. This single-span structure was built using local hand-hewed white pine timber at a cost of $175. 

McGees Mill Covered Bridge is the only remaining covered bridge over any branch of the Susquehanna River, which is much smaller than further downstream. The bridge is open to daily traffic and is in excellent condition. After a century of use, Clearfield County's only covered bridge was renovated in 1978 and again in 1994 following damage by a heavy snowfall. 

The bridge has been reinforced with steel mending plates at the joints of the Burr arches, and angle irons and mending plates on the other wooden timbers. A five-foot high wall of laminated two-by-twelve-inch planks banded together with steel plates runs the length of the bridge, making this one of the most reinforced bridges in the state of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania, known as the “Covered Bridge Capital of the World,” was once home to more than 1,500 covered bridges crossing the state’s rivers. Today, an estimated 200 of these historic bridges remain. Thousands of river rafts loaded with timber floated under McGees Mill Bridge helping to build a nation. The last raft to pass under the bridge was in 1938.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 

Located at:  N40 52.80   W78 45.92   -   WGCB #38-17-01

Photographed in May 2023.