The Knecht's Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It crosses Cooks Creek on Knecht Bridge Road south of Springtown. Built in 1873 in the town truss style, the bridge is 110 feet long and 15 feet wide and was built of hemlock.

This bridge is also known as "Slifer’s Bridge," and its height limit is 11 feet 6 inches, and the weight limit is three tons.

The bridge is painted the traditional red with white entry portals. Slifer Valley was named after the early German settlers who resided here prior to 1750. Their descendants still farm the area.

Length of largest span:  92.9 feet
Total length:  109.9 feet
Deck width:  15.1 feet
Vertical clearance above deck:  11.5 feet

Of the 1,500 covered bridges that once stood in the state of Pennsylvania, as of 2019, approximately 200 remain.

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1980.

Located at:  N40 32.281   W75 16.667      -      WGCB #38-09-02

Photographed in July of 2019

Photos by Millard Farmer