Pinetown Bridge has crossed the Conestoga River since 1868. The first covered bridge at this location was built by Elias McMellen, a well-known local bridge builder, under specifications drawn up in October 1867 calling for one span on Burr's plan with a single arch and a truss of good white pine timber. It was to be weather-boarded with culling boards fastened on perpendicular, roofed with No 1 pine shingles, and floored with three-inch oak plank. In June 1868, inspectors appointed to review the completed bridge found that it was put up in a good and workmanlike manner and agreeably to the contract entered into. Like many Lancaster County covered bridges, it once stood adjacent to a mill. Although the mill was destroyed by fire in 1901, a nearby stone-arch bridge remains. Historically, the road on the west side of the Conestoga River crossed the stone-arch bridge before turning toward the covered bridge, but the stone-arch bridge was later bypassed when Bridge Road was moved to its present alignment in the early 20th century. Also known as Nolt's Point Mill, Bushong's Mill, Shand's Big Conestoga #15, and now #6, the Burr arch truss bridge measures 135 ft., 4 in. in length, with a clear span of 119 ft., 2.25 in., and a total width of 15 ft., 11 in., with a deck width of 12 ft., 11 in. Built in 1867, it was washed downstream during Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972, rebuilt by Amish, damaged during Tropical Storm Lee in 2011, and reopened in summer 2013.
