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Roll Thru Our Countryside! Rattle the Boards 'N © Copyright 2019 Pennsylvania’s Americana Region Visitors Center Visitors Region Americana Pennsylvania’s 2019 Copyright © tourists. Drivers and dreamers. They’ve all been there. been all They’ve dreamers. and Drivers tourists. years of yesterdays. Soldiers and spirits. Travelers and and Travelers spirits. and Soldiers yesterdays. of years and Rick Gomez Photography Gomez Rick and the floorboards is the heritage of more than one hundred hundred one than more of heritage the is floorboards the Bridge photos courtesy Fred J. Moll, Bridge Historian Historian Bridge Moll, J. Fred courtesy photos Bridge rhythm of the creek under your feet. In every creak of of creak every In feet. your under creek the of rhythm tempo of a horse’s gait, the songbird’s whistle, and the the and whistle, songbird’s the gait, horse’s a of tempo unplug for the day—or the weekend—and tune-in to the the to tune-in weekend—and the day—or the for unplug paperboy crossed routes in rush-hour traffic. Dare to to Dare traffic. rush-hour in routes crossed paperboy VisitPaAmericana.com Ride through a simpler time, when the milkman and and milkman the when time, simpler a through Ride 800.443.6610 • 610.375.4085 swirling with stories of stolen kisses and departed souls. souls. departed and kisses stolen of stories with swirling as you rattle the floorboards through enchanted shadows, shadows, enchanted through floorboards the rattle you as definition of “drive-through,” so ease off your accelerator accelerator your off ease so “drive-through,” of definition Berks County’s covered bridges offer a whole new new whole a offer bridges covered County’s Berks these landmarks legendary. landmarks these • Schuylkill River Heritage Area Heritage River Schuylkill • scare up some fun with the stories that make make that stories the with fun some up scare Association Tour Hex Dutch • Spin your wheels and your imagination as you you as imagination your and wheels your Spin • Kutztown Folk Festival Festival Folk Kutztown • at Kutztown University University Kutztown at rustic architectural wonders! architectural rustic Center Heritage Cultural German Pennsylvania • traveled and discover these these discover and traveled • Berks County Parks and Recreation Department Recreation and Parks County Berks • Take a ride on that road less less road that on ride a Take Pennsylvania’s Americana Region Vistors Center Vistors Region Americana Pennsylvania’s • • rattle the boards ‘n... boards the rattle remaining covered bridges in Berks County, PA: County, Berks in bridges covered remaining the promote to organizations following the by formed The Covered Bridge Brochure is the result of an alliance alliance an of result the is Brochure Bridge Covered The sleep at one of our member lodgings. member our of one at sleep pack an overnight bag so you can get a good night’s night’s good a get can you so bag overnight an pack support and sponsorship of the Covered Bridge Tour. Bridge Covered the of sponsorship and support Want to stay longer? We think you will. Make sure to to sure Make will. you think We longer? stay to Want Our sincere thanks to the County of Berks for their their for Berks of County the to thanks sincere Our and a craft beer. beer. craft a and in Kutztown, and Saucony Creek Brewery for a quick bite bite quick a for Brewery Creek Saucony and Kutztown, in time for detours to places like - Crystal Cave, the shops shops the Cave, Crystal - like places to detours for time of the tour, doable in about two hours, allowing plenty of of plenty allowing hours, two about in doable tour, the of County Heritage Center. Continue on the northern half half northern the on Continue Center. Heritage County begin your travels at Wertz’s Bridge, located at Berks Berks at located Bridge, Wertz’s at travels your begin shake up the ghosts.... the up shake We recommend you point your compass north and and north compass your point you recommend We your sights on the sites of Berks County. Berks of sites the on sights your longer visit, then switch-on the cruise control as you set set you as control cruise the switch-on then visit, longer Self-Guided Covered Bridge Tour the centerpiece of a a of centerpiece the Tour Bridge Covered Self-Guided VisitPaAmericana.com. bridges of Pennsylvania’s Americana Region. Make our our Make Region. Americana Pennsylvania’s of bridges at Tours Art Star Barn Take a ride and explore the five remaining covered covered remaining five the explore and ride a Take and Bridge Covered the for directions biking Find great for bicycle rides too! too! rides bicycle for great Our self-guided tours are are tours self-guided Our Take a Ride and Explore and Ride a Take COVERED BRIDGE TOUR BRIDGE COVERED Bridge Facts... As the story goes... • Roofs were built over wooden bridges to preserve Dreibelbis Bridge Wertz’s Bridge and protect the decks in extreme weather. Ironically, As you cruise along Route 143 to Dreibelbis Bridge, turn Believed to be the longest single-span covered bridge in snow had to be shoveled into the bridges, so that back the clock more than a century. Picture yourself in a Pennsylvania, Wertz’s Bridge gets its name from the grist horse-drawn sleighs could maneuver the passages driving snowstorm, frozen hands gripping the reins of a mill it was built to access. Amandus Knerr erected the after a snowfall. one-horse sleigh. As you turn onto the bridge, the runners bridge over Tulpehocken Creek in 1867 so farmers could • A “bridgeman or toll keeper” typically lived at one grind onto dry wood, ripping the reins from your fingers get to the nearby mill in Sinking Spring. Known today as end of the bridge in a tiny hut. It was furnished with as the rig suddenly lurches forward. So goes the story of the Red Bridge, for its undeniably vibrant hue, it is the a single mattress on a slab of wood, under which his a Virginville-area man who collided with his fate on this only bridge in Berks that restricts motorized traffic. If you watchdog slept. very bridge late in the 19th century. As he tumbled from want to explore all 220 feet of it, you’ll need to do it by • A bridgeman earned his salary by collecting tolls the sleigh, the loose reins gripped his neck, snapping foot or bicycle. around the clock. It was not uncommon to be his head clean from his shoulders. Later, the sleigh, the awakened by late-night travelers wishing to cross. horse, and the man’s body were found, but his head was Travelers long believed Wertz’s Bridge to be haunted due Typical earnings were less than $10 for three months’ never recovered. Some believe you can still see his spirit to sightings of strange white forms wandering the bridge work. wandering the bridge seeking his lost head. at night. The mystery of the hauntings was later resolved • A bridgeman’s responsibilities included keeping up by a brave young man who dared to hide in the shadows with the structural wear and tear of the bridge. To that Kurtz’s Mill Bridge one night. The ghosts? Simply a handful of Holstein cows end, the county provided him a planing bench and a If you catch a glimpse of the spirit lurking around Kutz’s that slept on the bridge on hot summer nights. As they full set of tools, along with coal and wood. Mill Bridge, give Frank a wave. After World War I, shell- walked back to their barnyard, the white patches of their • Early tolls were calculated by foot, not axle. Humans shocked veteran Frank Leiby returned home from the hides could be seen in the darkness! paid a penny, and a horse cost five cents. In a front and settled at Kutz’s old mill. For over 30 years, precursor to today’s E-Z Pass, frequent two-footed he faithfully tended the property as its handyman in visitors paid 25 cents in advance for a season’s exchange for room and board. Frank died of natural permission to pass. Farmers also warranted special causes in the 1940s, and ever since, his friendly ghost rates and arrangements, since they were the bridge’s returns to the porch of the house, next to the mill for most regular crossers. which the bridge is named. roll thru our countryside! TOTAL DRIVE TIME IS 2 TO 3 HOURS Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Begin at Penn Street Bridge — From Kutz’s Mill Bridge to DREIBELBIS BRIDGE (approx. 9 miles) WERTZ’S BRIDGE (approx. 6 miles) • Follow Kutz’s Mill Road back to Saucony Road • Take 422W (Lebanon) • Make a right onto Saucony Road • Follow 222N • Bear left at the“Y”(do not take Dutch Mill Road) • Take 183S (Bernville/Strausstown) • Make a right at the “T” onto Crystal Cave Road – • Continue for approximately 1/4 mile Crystal Cave is Pennsylvania’s most popular • Turn right onto Red Bridge Road at the natural attraction and includes a rock shop, museum, Heritage Center Sign ice cream parlor, restaurant, miniature golf course, • Park in the Heritage Center Parking Lot and walk a and sluice for gold panning. short distance to Wertz’s Bridge • Turn right onto 143N towards Lenhartsville In addition to Wertz’s Bridge, the Berks County Heritage • Continue for approximately 2.5 miles Center is home to Gruber Wagon Works, C. Howard • Turn right to cross the bridge, turn around and drive Hiester Canal Center, Melcher’s Grist Mill, Deppen Cem- back over the bridge Built by David Renno in 1852, Pleasantville Bridge was etery, Union Canal Trail Tour and other memorials.
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