Bridge in Franconia Township | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Bridge on Allentown Road (Franconia, PA) over Skippack Creek. September 2012. | |
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Location | Allentown Road over Skippack Creek, Elvoy, Franconia Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°17′19″N 75°20′19″W / 40.28861°N 75.33861°W / 40.28861; -75.33861 |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1837, 1874 |
Architectural style | Multi-span stone arch |
MPS | Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88000856 |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1988 |
Bridge in Franconia Township is a historic stone arch bridge spanning Skippack Creek at Elvoy in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1837 and reconstructed in 1874. It has two 20-foot-long (6.1 m) spans with an overall length of 100-foot (30 m).
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
See also
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 Franconia Township" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-11.
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External links
Media related to Bridge in Franconia Township at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-112, "Allentown Road Bridge"
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Bridges completed in 1837
- Bridges in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Stone arch bridges in the United States