WayfarrowRex Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Rex Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 6 of them in Lehigh County.
It was built in 1858, in the Civil War era, making it the 23rd oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date; it crosses Jordan Creek.
Status check, 2026-11: Burr truss bridge over Jordan Creek in North Whitehall Township, listed on the NRHP in 1980. Sources disagree on length (150 ft vs. 138.1 ft total, with a 116 ft span). Rex Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.6347° N, 75.6131° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1858 |
|---|---|
| Crosses | Jordan Creek |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 40.63470, -75.61310 |
Nearby places
- Geiger Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lehigh County · 1 mi
- Schlicher Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lehigh County · 2 mi
- Wehr Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lehigh County · 2.3 mi
- Manasses Guth Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lehigh County · 3.2 mi
- Eckertghost town · Lehigh County · 4.4 mi
- Wallnerghost town · Lehigh County · 4.5 mi
- Hartzellghost town · Lehigh County · 4.7 mi
- Larosghost town · Lehigh County · 4.8 mi
- Bogert Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lehigh County · 7.5 mi
- Kreidersville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Northampton County · 8.8 mi
- Kutz's Mill Bridgecovered bridge · Berks County · 12.3 mi
- Iron Hillghost town · Northampton County · 14.3 mi
Questions
Where is Rex Covered Bridge?
Rex Covered Bridge is in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, at 40.6347, -75.6131.
How many covered bridges are in Lehigh County?
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania has 6 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.