{"id":250541,"date":"2026-07-23T19:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250541\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:49:09","slug":"delays-in-rehabilitation-of-oldest-bridge-in-lehigh-county-due-to-wood-deterioration-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250541\/","title":{"rendered":"Delays in rehabilitation of oldest bridge in Lehigh County due to wood deterioration | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8212; The rehabilitation of the oldest bridge in Lehigh County is now facing delays due to unexpected wood deterioration found during construction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bogert&#8217;s Covered Bridge in Allentown is in the midst of a $2.6 million grant-funded overhaul that started in September 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Allentown officials say that due to the wood deterioration, workers are now awaiting a special order of custom wooden timbers. Work will continue on the bridge as soon as they arrive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re still aiming to reopen the bridge this year, but the closure may extend into early 2027,&#8221; city officials said in a Facebook post. &#8220;Despite this delay, we\u2019re excited to move the project forward and appreciate everyone\u2019s patience as we work towards restoring this historic bridge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 1800, the country&#8217;s first was built in Philadelphia, 1500 once covered the state.<\/p>\n<p>Only 217 are left in Pennsylvania, including Bogert&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8212; The rehabilitation of the oldest bridge in Lehigh County is now facing delays due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,232],"class_list":["post-250541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-allentown-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}