county/comté/grafschaft
一廊桥

6 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken

38-39 LEHIGH

Allentown

The Bogert Bridge

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SW edge of Allentown, off Oxford Drive SR 2007 in Little Lehigh Park.

Over the Little Lehigh Creek.

The Bogert Bridge, closed to motor traffic.

About 0.5 mile south of jct PA 309 on PA 29 at Cedar Crest Blvd., then left 1.1 miles on Hatchery Road SR 2010 and 0.1 mile left on the side of the road.

1 span 187' or 56.9m, concrete piers added in the 70s.

Built in 1841.

Burr Arch.

Orefield

The Wehr Bridge

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ESE of Orefield on Wehr Mill Road, South Whitehall TR 597.

Over Jordan Creek.

The Wehr Bridge.

0.5 mile south of Kernsville at Orefield on PA 309, then left 0.6 mile on Parkland Terrace Road TR 593 and left 0.2 mile to bridge.

1 span 136' or 41.4m

Built in 1841, 2 stone piers added at a later date… damaged by a truck in 2024…

Burr Arch.

The Manassas Guth Bridge

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East of Orefield on Lapp Road TR 602.

Over Jordan Creek.

The Manassas Guth Bridge, private, closed to motor traffic.

1.1 miles east of PA 309 on Orefield Road SR 4003, then left for 0.2 mile and right 0.6 mile to the bridge.

1 span 127' or 38.7m

Built in 1858.

Burr Arch.

The Rex Bridge

38-39-04

West of Orefield on Jordan Road TR 593.

Over Jordan Creek.

The Rex Bridge.

1.2 miles west of PA 309 at Orefield on Kernsville Road SR 4008, then right half a mile to the bridge.

1 span 136' or 41.4m

Built in 1858.

Burr Arch.

The Geiger Bridge

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WNW of Orefield on Old Packhouse Road TR 681.

Over Jordan Creek.

The Geiger Bridge, private and closed to motor traffic.

1.2 miles west of PA 309 at Orefield on Kernsville Road SR 4008, then right 1.5 miles on Jordan Road TR 593, and ahead to the right on TR 582 and another right on Old Packhouse Road to the bridge.

1 span 130' or 39.6m

Built in 1858.

Burr Arch.

Schnecksville

The Schlicher Bridge

38-39-06

SW of Schnecksville on Trexler Game Preserve Road SR 4007.

Over Jordan Creek.

The Schlicher Bridge2.8 miles north of Orefield near Schnecksville on PA 309 then left 1.3 miles to the bridge.

1 span 127' or 38.7m

Built in 1882.

Burr Arch.