Bridge in Upper Merion Township
Bridge in Upper Merion Township | |
| Bridge in Upper Merion Township in September 2012 | |
Bridge in Upper Merion Township is located in Pennsylvania Show map of PennsylvaniaBridge in Upper Merion Township Bridge in Upper Merion Township is located in the United States Show map of the United StatesBridge in Upper Merion Township | |
| Location | S. Gulph Rd. over Gulph Creek, Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°4′8′′N 75°20′28′′W / 40.06889°N 75.34111°W / 40.06889; -75.34111 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1789 |
| Architectural style | Small-span stone arch |
| MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000832 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
Bridge in Upper Merion Township is a historic stone arch bridge located at Gulph Mills in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1789. It has a single 20-foot-long (6.1 m) span with a width of 34 feet (10.4 m), and an overall length of 100-foot (30 m). The bridge crosses Gulph Creek.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] The Bridge in Upper Mention is, as of August 2021, the fifth-oldest bridge in use in the United States.
In 2021, the bridge structure was repaired and rehabilitated by contractor J.D. Eckman, with 100% funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, known as PennDOT.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2012. Note: This includes District 6-0 (November 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bridge in Upper Merion Township" (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2012.
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