{"nrhp_refnum":"80003555","name":"Schlicher Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"LR 39058, North Whitehall Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Allentown","county":"Lehigh County","state":"PA","lat":40.66169227700004,"lon":-75.62684457199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A covered bridge over Jordan Creek on L.R. 39058 in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, built in 1882 and owned and maintained by the state highway department.","why_significant":"The form states that it is the most recent of the remaining covered bridges in Lehigh County. Its Burr truss construction and vertical plank siding are presented as examples of wooden bridge technology from the 19th century, and the nomination is part of a thematic group of covered bridges in the Delaware River Watershed.","narrative":"Schlicher's Covered Bridge crosses Jordan Creek on L.R. 39058 in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1882 and uses a Burr truss, a wooden structural system that combines arches with a lattice of timbers. The bridge is 108 feet long and 17 feet wide, with a gable roof, vertical plank siding, and stone abutments that have been enclosed in cement. Each side wall has a small square window with a horizontal plank portal. The state highway department owns and maintains the bridge. It is described as the most recent of the remaining covered bridges in Lehigh County. Its construction is regarded as an example of 19th-century wooden bridge technology, and the bridge is part of a group of covered bridges in the Delaware River Watershed.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition recorded as good; the bridge is owned and maintained by the state highway department.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.038496-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003555.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003555/4d715724a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003555/4d715724a9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Lehigh Valley, PA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schlicher_Covered_Bridge_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lehigh Valley, PA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schlicher_Covered_Bridge_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993326","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlicher_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7431709"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lehigh-county/schlicher-covered-bridge-80003555/"}