Built in 1852, the Sachs Bridge is an Adams County landmark. It was crossed by both armies during the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, and carried parts of the Army of Northern Virginia as it retreated. After it was washed nearly 100 yards downstream in a flood in 1996, workers salvaged the bridge and had it restored within 1 year with over 90% of its original truss and lattice intact. In 1930, there were over 900 covered bridges in Pennsylvania, with 24 in Adams County alone. Now, there are fewer than 200 in PA, with only three in Adams County. They stand as a silent documents of the state’s rural history…