Wehr Covered Bridge
Wehr Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located in South Whitehall Township of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is a three span, 117-foot-long, Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1841.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: historic covered bridge near Orefield, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Wehr’s Covered Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Manasses Guth Covered Bridge and Shankweiler’s Drive-In.
Manasses Guth Covered Bridge
Bridge
Manasses Guth Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is a 108-foot-long, Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1858, and rebuilt in 1882. Manasses Guth Covered Bridge is situated 1 mile east of Wehr Covered Bridge.
Shankweiler’s Drive-In
Movie theater
Shankweiler’s Drive-In is a movie theater, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wehr Covered Bridge.
Parkland High School
School
Parkland High School is a large public high school in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, near Allentown. The school serves students in grades 9–12 and is the only high school in Parkland School District. Parkland High School is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Wehr Covered Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orefield and Walbert.
Orefield
Hamlet
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Orefield is a small unincorporated community in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The community is split between North Whitehall and South Whitehall townships.
Walbert
Hamlet
Walbert is a small village that hosts the municipal offices of South Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Kuhnsville
Hamlet
Kuhnsville is a small, unincorporated village in Upper Macungie Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Kuhnsville is situated 2½ miles south of Wehr Covered Bridge.
Wehr Covered Bridge
- Categories: covered bridge, road bridge, heritage site, building, historic site, and transportation
- Location: South Whitehall Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.62867° or 40° 37′ 43″ northLongitude
-75.56971° or 75° 34′ 11″ westElevation
328 feet (100 metres)Inception
1841Open location code
87G6JCHJ+F4OpenStreetMap ID
way 708085407OpenStreetMap feature
building=bridgeOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeGeoNames ID
5218362Wikidata ID
Q7979705
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