Bridge in Upper Merion Township | |
Location: | S. Gulph Rd. over Gulph Creek, Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coordinates: | 40.0689°N -75.3411°W |
Built: | 1789 |
Architecture: | Small-span stone arch |
Added: | June 22, 1988 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 88000832 |
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 20adj=midNaNadj=mid span with a width of 34 feet (10.4 m), and an overall length of 100feet. The bridge crosses Gulph Creek.[1]
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.[2]