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Wehr - 1841
The 1841 Wehr Covered Bridge, also known as Sieger's Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge located in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Wehr Bridge is a three-span, Burr truss covered bridge.
Located at the western end of Covered Bridge Park, this 138-foot long and 17-foot wide bridge crosses over Jordan Creek just downstream of a small dam, which provides a very scenic man-made waterfall along the creek. The bridge has horizontal siding and a gable roof.
After an incident in July 2014 in which a grossly overweight truck crossed the bridge, it was closed for several days for inspection. The bridge did not sustain significant structural damage, but county officials decided to reduce the posted weight limit from 20,000 pounds to 8,000 pounds. The bridge is maintained and owned by the County.
Length of largest span: 113.0 ft.
Total length: 133.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
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 37.721 W75 34.186 - WGCB #38-39-02
Photographed in July of 2019.