History & local legend
The Paper Mill Bridge in Roaring Spring carries the Everett Railroad above Papermill Road. Two different ghost stories use the bridge’s two levels: a couple on the tracks and a solitary figure in the dark road passage below.
In the first, two sweethearts were killed by a train. Their ghosts are said to return together, walking hand in hand along the railroad. A 2013 account on Discovery Pennsylvania repeats this story as part of the bridge’s local reputation.
The second describes a man at road level. He appears near the far opening of the underpass, sometimes pacing or stepping into view before retreating into darkness. Some versions describe him striking a passing car.
Sources
- The Shadowlands, Roaring Spring / Paper Mill / Bridge, walking couple and solitary man’s movements and knock
- Discovery PA, 2013 account and on-site photographs of the road under the railroad embankment, The Haunt at the Paper Mill Bridge
- Roaring Spring Borough, chronological history of paper mill and railroad
- OpenStreetMap, county-sourced Papermill Road passage
- OpenStreetMap, Everett Railroad and former Morrison’s Cove Branch passing above road
