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Allentown Road Bridge

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Photos 

Photo taken by HAER

View this photo at lcweb2.loc.gov

BH Photo #277924

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Stone arch bridge over Skippack Creek on Allentown Road
Location
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1837; Rebuilt 1874; replaced in 1988
Design
Stone arch
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988
Also called
Bridge in Fanconia Township
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.28837, -75.33858   (decimal degrees)
40°17'18" N, 75°20'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/471221/4459819 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Telford
Inventory numbers
NRHP 88000856 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 60131 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,863)
Arch (12,409)
Built 1837 (15)
Built during 1830s (206)
Deck arch (11,646)
HAER documented (1,109)
Lost (26,456)
 Lost 1988 (179)
Lost during 1980s (1,450)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (229)
NR-listed (2,997)
Pennsylvania (5,503)
Replaced by new bridge (17,937)
Stone arch (3,171)

Update Log 

  • March 5, 2014: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com

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