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Wertz Covered Bridge 38-06-06
Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Tulpehocken Creek on Red Bridge Road
- Location
- Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1867 or 1869
- Design
- Covered Burr arch-truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 218.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1978
- Also called
- Red Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.36861, -75.97842 (decimal degrees)
40°22'07" N, 75°58'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/416932/4469130 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Reading
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 38-06-06 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78002347 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30429 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 2, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added street view & imported photo
- January 11, 2007: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
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As per an article printed in the Reading Eagle on 12/5/17 officials will celebrate the 150th anniversary of this bridge.An official citation from the state house will be unveiled.According to the article this bridge is 204 feet long,was built in 1867 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.This bridge is the longest single-spanned covered bridge in Pa and is one of only five covered bridges remaining in Berks County.