Bridge in Tredyffrin Township

The Bridge in Tredyffrin Township was a historic stone arch bridge carrying Gulph Road across Trout Creek in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. It had one span, a solid, semicircular stone arch 27.8 feet (8.5 m) long. There were stone wing walls at each end, with roughly squared stone voussoirs forming the arch ring. The vault of the arch had been sealed with gunite when the bridge was surveyed in 1982, and the parapets had also been topped with concrete. The bridge was built at an unknown date in the late 19th or early 20th century, and was a well-preserved, typical example of stone arch bridge construction in that period.[1]

Bridge in Tredyffrin Township
Replacement bridge, built to resemble the original
LocationGulph Road over Trout Creek, Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°5′31″N 75°25′20″W
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleClosed spandrel arch
MPSHighway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.88000778[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1988
Removed from NRHPJuly 16, 2010

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The bridge was replaced in 2008 with a concrete beam bridge finished with a stone facade to resemble the old structure. It was delisted from the National Register in 2010.[1]

References

  1. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-12-20. Note: This includes District 6-0 (3 November 1982). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Bridge in Tredyffrin Township" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-20.
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