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Cobbs Creek Park Footpath Bridge
Photos
Cobbs Creek Footbridge
Photo from gophilly
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
View this photo at gophillygo.org
BH Photo #489242
Facts
- Overview
- Lenticular pony truss bridge over Cobbs Creek on Footpath
- Location
- Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- Builder
- - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
- Design
- Lenticular pony truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.95188, -75.25164 (decimal degrees)
39°57'07" N, 75°15'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/478504/4422447 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 92005 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 19, 2021: New photos from Chester Gehman
- January 22, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added type and builder.
- January 22, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
Sources
- Geoff Hubbs
- Nathan Holth
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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I visited this bridge recently and was surprised to see that it did not appear to be a recently relocated bridge as is the case in many parks. I am wondering if this bridge is in its original location. The bridge is behind the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Center, and the staff there had no knowledge of its history or significance. Cobbs Creek Park was established in 1911 and the bridge is at least 15-20 years older than that. There were mills along the creek in the 19th Century and this bridge could have been a main thoroughfare.