12/05/2020
Social Distancing Cruise of 2020
COVERED BRIDGE TOUR - POKER RUN! MAY 23RD!
START: MEMORIAL BUILDING - WASHINGTON CROSSING HISTORIC PARK
• Go north on Rt. 32 / River Road, 4.4 miles to Lurgan Road
• Turn left, 1.5 miles to Van Sant Road
• Turn right, 0.6 miles to...
VAN SANDT (ALSO KNOWN AS VAN SANT) COVERED BRIDGE
Built in 1875, this bridge is 86 feet long and was one of two built across Pidcock Creek. The second, Neely Mill Bridge, was removed in 1937.
• Continue 1 mile to Aquetong Road
• Turn left, 8 miles to Carversville Road
• Turn left, then immediate right onto Wismer Road...
• The corner of Stump and Wismer Road is where the walking portion to this bridge begins.
LOUX COVERED BRIDGE
Loux Bridge was built in 1874 and is 60 feet long, the second shortest in the county. It was built of hemlock which was once plentiful in the area. This bridge is for foot traffic only.
• Turn right onto Stump Road
• Turn right at the first cross street onto US-413
• Continue 1.8 miles and turn right onto Dark Hollow Road
• Continue 1.2 miles and turn right to Covered Bridge Road
• Continue 0.6 miles to...
CABIN RUN COVERED BRIDGE
Crossing Cabin Run Creek in Plumstead Township, this bridge stands 82 feet long and was built in 1871 by David Sutton, who built several bridges in the area.
• Return to Dark Hollow Road,
• Stay straight onto Dark Hollow Road, 3.2 miles to Cafferty Road
• Turn left, 0.8 miles to...
FRANKENFIELD COVERED BRIDGE
Built in 1872, Frankenfield Bridge spans 130 feet over Tinicum Creek, two miles upstream from the point at which the creek empties into the Delaware River.
• Continue on Cafferty Road, 0.7 miles to Headquarters Road
• Turn right, 0.2 miles to Cafferty Road
• Turn left, 1.3 miles to Geigel Hill Road
• Turn right, 3.0 miles to...
ERWINNA COVERED BRIDGE
At only 56 feet long, Erwinna Bridge is the shortest covered bridge in the county. It was built in 1832 and is a good example of lattice-type construction.
• Continue through bridge, Geigel Hill Road turns into Headquarters Road
• Continue straight 0.3 miles to River Road
• Turn left, 1.7 miles to Uhlerstown Hill Road
• Turn left, 0.3 miles to...
UHLERSTOWN COVERED BRIDGE
Built of oak in 1832, it is the only Bucks County covered bridge over the former Delaware Canal, which parallels the Delaware River near the Pennsylvania border.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Uhlerstown Hill Road west of the bridge is closed during the winter months. All vehicular traffic must turn around and return to River Road. The road re-opens on or about April 1 as a one-way road.
• Turn around at bridge and return to River Road
• Turn left onto Rt. 32 / River Road, 8 miles to Rt. 611 / Easton Road
• Turn right for Rt. 611 North, 1.8 miles to Rt. 212 / Durham Road
• Turn left, 4.4 miles to Rt. 412 / Main St.
• Turn left, 1.5 miles to Slifer Valley Road
• Turn right, 1.8 miles to Knecht Bridge Road
• Turn left for...
KNECHTS COVERED BRIDGE
Located in Slifer Valley Knechts Bridge was built of hemlock and is set on the route of the Penn family's famous Walking Purchase.
• Return to Slifer Valley Road
• Turn left, 1.2 miles to Rt. 212 / Old Bethlehem Pike
• Turn left, 1.1 miles to Old Bethlehem Road
• Bear left, 4.4 miles to Thatcher Road
• Turn right, 0.5 miles to Covered Bridge Road
• Turn left, 0.3 miles to...
SHEARD'S COVERED BRIDGE
Sheard's Bridge crosses Tohickon Creek near the village of Thatcher. Built in 1873, the bridge stretches 130 feet over the Tohickon.
• Continue through bridge, 0.6 miles to Richlandtown Road
• Turn left, 1.2 miles until it becomes Sterner Mill Road
• Turn left, then immediate turn right onto Rt. 563 / Mountain View Drive
• Follow Mountain View Drive 0.9 miles to Rt. 313 / Dublin Pike
• Turn left, 1.7 miles to N 5th Street
• Turn right, 0.9 miles to W Schwenkmill Road
• Turn left, 0.3 miles onto Branch Road
• Turn right, 0.9 miles onto Blooming Glen Road
• Turn right to...
MOOD'S COVERED BRIDGE
Mood's Bridge crosses the northeast branch of the Perkiomen Creek in East Rockhill. The original bridge was built in 1874. The bridge that stands today was built in 2007 after the original was destroyed by a fire in 2004.
• Continue through bridge to N 5th Street
• Turn left, 1.4 miles to Walnut Street
• Turn left, 0.3 miles to Lenape Park to...
