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Northhampton
County, Pennsylvania
(WGN
38-48-01) (WGCB PA-48-01): (1839; restored c. 1959)
A single-span Burr arch truss 115' 6" over Hokendanqua Creek. Located:
On Covered Bridge Road, Kreidersville, Allen Township, Pennsylvania.
Directions: In Kreidersville, Pennsylvania, at the jct. of Kreidersville
Road and Howertown Road, go north for 0.3 mile on Kreidersville Road to
Covered Bridge Road. Turn right and go 0.2 mile on Covered Bridge
Road to the bridge. The World Guide of Covered Bridges lists
the bridges name as Solt's Mill. The Lehigh County tourist
pamphlet, Covered Bridges in the Lehigh Valley, lists the bridges
name as Kreidersville Covered Bridge with alternate names of
Hummel's Covered Bridge and Koch's Covered Bridge and there
is a plaque on the portal indicating the bridges name as "Kreidersville
Covered Bridge." The only remaining covered bridge in Northampton
County, Pennsylvania and is among the oldest remaining covered spans in
the state. Slated for demolition to make way for a new concrete and
steel bridge, in 1959, local citizens rallied to save it and after restoration
by the state, it was taken over by the county. Today it is owned
and maintained in a park setting by Allen Township. The structure
rests on stone and mortar abutments set on concrete and has stone and mortar
wing walls capped with concrete. It does have steel reinforcement.
It has barn red ship lapped boarding covering its sides and portals.
The portals are trimmed in white. The deck consists of lengthwise planking
and since it has no openings under the eves it is quite dark on the interior.
Closed to motor traffic the roadway leading into the bridge from the south
side, formerly made of older asphalt, has been replaced with cobblestone
pavers laid in a decorative pattern. Also known as the
Kreidersville
Covered Bridge, the
Hummel's Covered Bridge and the Koch's
Covered Bridge . It was listed on the National Register of Historic
Places on December 1, 1980. (Jun 2008) |
