{"nrhp_refnum":"80003560","name":"Rex Covered Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"S of Schencksville on T 593, North Whiteland Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orefield","county":"Lehigh County","state":"PA","lat":40.63483232400006,"lon":-75.61263950799997,"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":"Rex's Covered Bridge is a Burr truss covered bridge over Jordan Creek in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, situated between Kernsville and Weidasville. The document gives 1858 as the year of construction and lists Lehigh County as owner.","why_significant":"The document states the bridge is the longest remaining covered bridge in Lehigh County and is eligible as an example of wooden bridge technology of the 19th century. It is one of the covered bridges of the Delaware River Watershed listed as a multiple property group. The form notes that it has narrow horizontal siding, a gable roof and interior portal siding, and that steel reinforcements have been added.","narrative":"Rex's Covered Bridge is a Burr truss structure spanning Jordan Creek in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, between the communities of Kernsville and Weidasville. It was built in 1858 and is 150 feet long, with a roadway 16 feet 7 inches wide and a clearance of 10 feet 8 inches. The bridge has narrow horizontal siding, a gable roof and interior portal siding that resembles that of Wehr's bridge. Steel reinforcements were added to strengthen the structure. It is recognized as the longest surviving covered bridge in Lehigh County. Its listing reflects its value as an example of nineteenth-century wooden bridge technology, and it is one of several covered bridges of the Delaware River Watershed documented together. The county owns the bridge, which is reported to be in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Burr truss","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition described as good.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.60259-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003560.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003560/0e967d9ae6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003560/0e967d9ae6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Lehigh Valley, PA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rex_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:Rex_Covered_Bridge_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993332","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Covered_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7319173"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lehigh-county/rex-covered-bridge-80003560/"}