Friday, December 3, 2021

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

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

LITTLE GAP COVERED BRIDGE - AQUASHICOLA, PENNSYLVANIA

























 AQUASHICOLA CREEK
CARBON COUNTY
BUILT - 1860*

Length - 92' ... E. of Aquashicola, Lower Towamensing, Township. Little Gap Rd. E. 4.2 miles (to Little Gap) from jct with Mill Rd. in Aquashicola, S. on Covered Bridge Rd. 0.1 miles to the bridge. * The built date is unknown but is approximated, the builder is unknown as well. Restored in 1986, repaired in 1996, and rehabilitated in 2014. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1980. Truss Type - Covered Single Span Howe with Burr Arch Truss with steel grating floor.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-13-02

GPS +40.83111, -75.52222

Sunday, November 28, 2021

REX'S COVERED BRIDGE - OREFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA




















 JORDAN CREEK
LEHIGH COUNTY
BUILT - 1858

Length - 138' ... W. of Orefield, North Whitehall Township. Kernsville Rd. W. 1.0 miles from jct with PA309 in Orefield, N. (curves W.) on Jordan Rd. 0.5 miles to the bridge. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1980. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Through Truss
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 38-39-04

GPS +40.63479, 75.61273