The 1847 Shearer's Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the Big Chiques Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. (Chiques Creek was known as Chickies Creek until 2002). Shearer's Bridge has a single-span, wooden, double Burr arch truss design. It is the only covered bridge in the county painted entirely in red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on both the inside and outside, including both approaches. The other all-red bridge, Pool Forge Covered Bridge, is only painted on the outside. It is one of only 3 covered bridges in the county with horizontal sideboards.

The bridge was built in 1847 by Jacob Clare. It was later rebuilt in 1855 and stayed there until it was moved in 1971 to its present location in the Manheim Memorial Park. 

Length:  86 feet
Width:  15 feet
Overhead Clearance:  11 feet 6 inches

Of the 1,500 covered bridges that once stood in the state of Pennsylvania, as of 2019, approximately 200 remain.

Shearer Bridge was posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1980.

Located at:  N40 10.310    W76 23.385    -    WGCB #38-36-31 

Photographed in July of 2019

Photos by Millard Farmer