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Rex's, Lehigh County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-39-04
County: Lehigh County
Township: North Whitehall
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Rex's
Crosses: Jordan Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 138' overall, 117'-4" span
Roadway Width: 18'
Built: 1858
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 38.095
Longitude: W075 36.758
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.1 miles west of on PA309 and Orefield on Kernsville Rd. (SR4003) then 0.5 miles right on Jordan Rd. Located between Kernsville and Weidasville. West of Orefield.

Rex's Bridge, North Whitehall, Lehigh County, PA. Built 1858
© Lisa Plamondon

Rex's Bridge, North Whitehall, Lehigh County, PA. Built 1858
Bill Caswell Photo, November 27, 2011

Rex's Bridge, North Whitehall, Lehigh County, PA. Built 1858
Bill Caswell Photo, Februsry 6, 2016

Rex's Bridge, North Whitehall, Lehigh County, PA. Built 1858
Herbert Richter Photo, December 12, 1954, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
10-panel truss. Per The Morning Call (Allentown), April 13, 1910, Rex's Bridge was known as County Bridge #30. It was reported as 18' wide and 121' long. The current clearance of 9'6" on a sign above the portal is a safe clearance. The actual clearance is 12'5" (Field study).

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 194
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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