“The road is life.”
~ Jack Kerouac
~ 1922-1969
~ “On
The Road,”
~ 1957
Standing near the Lehigh Valley Zoo
at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania offers a beautiful
winter vista overlooking the historic Schlicher Covered Bridge in North
Whitehall Township.
Game Preserve Road becomes a winding
winter way through the bridge, painting a picturesque rural landscape on a March
afternoon.
Schlicher’s is an historic wooden
covered bridge. It is a 108-foot-long, Burr Truss bridge that crosses the
Jordan Creek and was constructed in 1882. It has vertical plank siding and a
gable roof. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980,
and was closed for a time for needed renovations.
