The old sawmill on the nearby farm is now used as a chicken house. Nearby Amish use this bridge extensively for their horse-drawn buggies.
It was Built in 1857 for $1185, and is one of nine covered bridges known to have been built by James C. Carpenter.
Bridge is known variously as Rettew’s Mill Bridge and Guy Bard’s Mill Bridge. It is the county’s only white covered bridge.
Built by Levi Fink and Elias McMellen for $1219 in 1859. It was also known as Yohn’s Mill Bridge.
Flood waters from Hurricane Agnus rose 6 1/2 ft. above the bridge floor, but did not destroy the bridge. Since the floor is 11 ft. above the creek, one can imagine the amount of water that inundated the surrounding countryside.
