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Manassas Guth's, Lehigh County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-39-03
County: Lehigh County
Township: South Whitehall
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Manassas Guth's
Crosses: Jordan Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 128' overall, 113'-5" span
Roadway Width: 17'
Built: 1858
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 37.776
Longitude: W075 33.203
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Directions: PA309 3.1 miles south of PA873 in Schnecksville on PA309, then 1.4 miles left on Orefield Rd. (SR4003) and 0.6 miles right on Lapp Rd. (TR602). East of Orefield.

Manassas Guths Bridge, South Whitehall, Lehigh County, PA. Built 1868
Todd Clark Collection

Manassas Guths Bridge, South Whitehall, Lehigh County, PA. Built 1868
© Lisa Plamondon

Manassas Guths Bridge, South Whitehall, Lehigh County, PA. Built 1868
Bill Caswell Photo, November 27, 2011

Manassas Guths Bridge, South Whitehall, Lehigh County, PA. Built 1868
Herbert Richter Photo, May 30, 1958, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
10-panel truss. Per The Morning Call (Allentown), April 13, 1910, Manassas Guth's Bridge was known as County Bridge #26. It was identified as a Burr truss built in 1858 with upper chords affected by dry rot. Another source (now unknown) is giving it as 1868 and rebuilt in 1882. The current clearance of 9'6" on a sign above the portal is a safe clearance. The actual clearance is 12'1" (Field study).

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 193
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, December 2007
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 121

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