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Schlicher Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Schlicher Covered Bridge built in 1882 over Jordan Creek in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Schlicher Covered Bridge built in 1882 over Jordan Creek in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. · Lehigh Valley, PA / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Schlicher 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 crosses Jordan Creek.

Status check, 2026-11: The 1882 Burr-truss bridge (108 ft) closed in 2009; work finished in 2014, described either as a replica replacement or as a rebuild with steel beams that reused some original timbers, and the new bridge is longer and wider than the original. Schlicher Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.6617° N, 75.6272° W.

Key facts

CrossesJordan Creek
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates40.66167, -75.62722

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Questions

Where is Schlicher Covered Bridge?

Schlicher Covered Bridge is in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, at 40.6617, -75.6272.

How many covered bridges are in Lehigh County?

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania has 6 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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