As of this date in 2024, this is the 40th covered bridge that Lee and Karen Duquette have been to. And they hope to go to more in the future. Other covered bridges they have been to can be reached through a link at the bottom of this page.

Pennsylvania, known as the “Covered Bridge Capital of the World,” was once home to more than 1,500 scenic and romantic covered bridges which spanned the state’s rivers. Today only 200 of these historic passages remain; one of which is the McGees Mills Covered Bridge. Standing the test of time, the McGees Mills Covered Bridge is the last of its kind crossing the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, as well as the only covered bridge in Clearfield County. Built by Thomas McGee from local hand hewed white pine timbers in 1873, this single span Burr arch truss bridge, protected for generations by its gabled roof, is full of historical romance and character. Under the bridge, thousands of river rafts loaded with timber floated the West Branch of the Susquehanna River - the lifeline which helped build a nation.

The McGees Mills Covered Bridge is a historic Burr truss wooden covered bridge located near Mahaffey, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a 109-feet bridge built in 1873 over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.

Over 100 years since its erection, the McGees Mills Covered Bridge symbolizes the creation of a young nation, carved out of the wilderness that was and still is Clearfield County. Historically and scenically, this bridge offers an experience unlike others. Visitors of McGees Mills Covered Bridge may picnic on the banks of the river under the channel, imagining the horse and buggy riding through the old passage; the lumber floating down the stream, taking in that old-fashioned romantic nostalgia that is the McGees Mills Covered Bridge.

After a century of use, Clearfield County's only covered bridge was renovated in 1978 and again in the mid-1990s following damage by a heavy snowfall. Adjacent to picnic grove. Near Mahaffey on Route 219, just south of intersection of Route 219 and Route 36.

Below: View of the Susquehanna River as seen from each side of the above covered bridge.

Below: Then it was time for Lee Duquette to drive the car through McGees Mills Covered Bridge.

To see other covered bridges that Lee and Karen Duquette have seen, click here to go to TOC-C, then scroll down to COVERED BRIDGES

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