Covered Bridges in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania

I found this Covered Bridge Tour while looking for things to do near Timothy Lake South Campground in East Stroudsburg.  

Eric & I drive through

Pennsylvania Farm

Country.

Covered Bridge construction was brought to the New World by European Colonists.  The wooden Bridges are roofed to delay the effects of weathering and decay.

 

Pennsylvania has the largest number of Covered Bridges in the United States.

Schlicher's Covered Bridge in

 Whitehall was built in 1882.

The original Bridge was 

 replaced with this replica

 in 2013.

The clearance is 8 feet 2 inches.  There must be weight limits on these wooden decked Bridges.

The weight of the bridge

& the vehicles crossing it

are supported by arched

Burr Trusses.

 I look out at Jordan Creek.

I didn't notice electric lighting inside the Covered Bridge.  Light comes from the ends of the bridge and from its windows.  

Geiger's Bridge, in North Whitehall,

was built in 1860.

Its flat facade reminds me

of old Western Towns.

The clearance is 9 feet 6 inches.  Its interior is unpainted wood.  The windows in the Bridge are much higher, providing light without views of Jordan Creek below.  

Approaching Wehr's Covered

 Bridge, built in 1841, in

  South Whitehall.

We drive through to the

other side &...

... park at Covered Bridge Park.

Originally Seiger's Bridge, it 

was bought by William Wehr

& renamed.

Lehigh County now owns it.

Canada Geese cling to the

edge of the upstream dam.

Eric & me at 

Wehr's Covered

Bridge.

Manassas Guth Bridge, built in

 1858, is closed to traffic.

It's named after a man who lived 

in an adjacent farmhouse.

This Covered Bridge also crosses the meandering Jordan Creek.  

Deer sighting in Allentown...

... near Bogert's Covered Bridge,

in Lehigh Parkway.

Built in 1841, this Bridge was saved from destruction by local residents in 1956.

A panoramic shot of the interior of Bogert's Bridge.

Rebar has been added for extra support.

Eric looks out the window...

... at Little Lehigh Creek.

Kriedersville Covered Bridge,

in Allen Township was built

in 1839.

It is the only surviving Covered

Bridge in Northampton County.

The man standing to the right is a local resident.

The only lighting in this Bridge 

comes from the openings at

 each end.

Kriedersville Bridge, like Bogert's, was saved by locals from destruction. It is also a pedestrian-only Bridge. I walk further into the bridge, and it's dark in here.

The inky interior is the perfect

framing for the white farmhouse

in the distance.

Eric and I enjoyed today's Covered Bridge Tour, just one of Northeastern Pennsylvania's many tourist attractions.