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Uhlerstown Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Bucks County, Pennsylvania

The Uhlerstown Covered Bridge spanning the Delaware Canal in Uhlerstown, Pennsylvania. Lock 18 is in the background.
The Uhlerstown Covered Bridge spanning the Delaware Canal in Uhlerstown, Pennsylvania. Lock 18 is in the background. · Zeete / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Uhlerstown Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 14 of them in Bucks County.

It was built in 1856, in the Civil War era, making it the 22nd oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date; it crosses Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal.

Status check, 2026-11: The only covered bridge over the Delaware Canal (Town lattice truss by Mahlon C. Lear), rebuilt with original materials in 1985; signs at the bridge say 1832, but HAER and period newspapers support 1856, and sources give the length as about 101–102 ft. It carries the heritage designation National Register of Historic Places contributing property. It stands at 40.5254° N, 75.0731° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1856
CrossesDelaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places contributing property
Coordinates40.52544, -75.07311

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Questions

Where is Uhlerstown Covered Bridge?

Uhlerstown Covered Bridge is in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, at 40.5254, -75.0731.

How many covered bridges are in Bucks County?

Bucks County, Pennsylvania has 14 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.