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Wehr Covered Bridge 38-39-02
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Wehr Covered Bridge - Pennsylvania (8483514653)
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Facts
- Overview
- Burr arch-truss bridge over Jordan Creek on Wehr Mills Road
- Location
- Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1841
- Design
- Burr arch-truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 113.0 ft.
Total length: 133.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1980
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.62848, -75.56976 (decimal degrees)
40°37'43" N, 75°34'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/451814/4497671 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cementon
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 80003561 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 38-39-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 60118 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
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Not much damage to the bridge, so moderate fine. He's lucky the bridge was reinforced otherwise the truck and bridge would have been in the water. I'm not sure if it is high enough to discourage others:
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/index.ssf/2014...