The Portal of Leaman Place Bridge , on Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has more covered bridges than any other county except Parke County, Indiana. It has, as well, the heartland of Pennsylvania Dutch country, plain and fancy, rolling hills and old-fashioned farms, antiques, crafts, and a thriving tourist industry. In the Pennsylvania Dutch heartland in the northern half of the county, covered bridges are probably about as thick on the ground as they are in Vermont and New Hampshire. All in all, Lancaster has a claim to be the covered bridge county.
Many people visit Lancaster County for that reason among others.
In fact, many of the Lancaster County covered bridges share a distinctive look. This is true of most of the covered bridge counties. Local traditions, coupled with local government responsibility for upkeep, give the Bucks County bridges, the Lyndonville, Vermont bridges, and the Lancaster County bridges each their common look. Almost all of the Lancaster County covered bridges have the Burr truss, and most are painted red with white trim on the portal. The portals are upright and roof overhang is generally modest.