WERTZ'S COVERED BRIDGE - READING, PENNSYLVANIA

 TULPEHOCKEN CREEK

BERKS COUNTY

BUILT - 1867

Length - 218' ...NW of Reading, Bern/Spring Townships. PA183 N. (curves NW) 4.0 miles from jct with US422 in Reading, S. on Red Bridge Rd. 0.6 miles to the bridge. Built by Amandas Kneer at a cost of $7,650. Bridge was named after a very prominent mill that sat .3 mile downstream. Bridge rehabilitated in 1959 and was bypassed the same year; the bridge was then closed to through traffic. Restored in 1984. Bridge is the longest one span covered bridge in Pennsylvania. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1978. Closed to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered High Double Burr Arch Through Truss.

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-06-06

GPS +40.36861, -75.97842