Bridge in Upper Merion Township

United States historic place


Bridge in Upper Merion Township
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Bridge in Upper Merion Township in September 2012
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Location	S. Gulph Rd. over Gulph Creek, Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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
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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 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.

References

^ "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 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-05-11. Note: This includes District 6-0 (November 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bridge in Upper Merion Township" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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