Anthracite Region » Columbia County » Catawissa and Vicinity » Eastern Pennsylvania » Esther Furnace Covered Bridge Esther Furnace Covered Bridge Details 1882, C. W. Eves. Esther Furnace Rd., off PA 487, 3 miles south of Catawissa Named for the Esther iron smelting furnace established in 1817, the queen-post truss bridge has a nearly one-hundred-foot-long span over Roaring Creek. Writing Credits Author: George E. Thomas