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! Confirmed demolition date within one year or an especially historic bridge that is threatened with demolition at any level.
X The bridge has been confirmed demolished or collapsed.
S The bridge has been dismantled or moved to an offsite location and is not currently available for public viewing.
L Most or all of the original bridge material has been demolished and replaced, including historically significant elements, but some original parts of the bridge remain.
Note: This website cannot guarantee the current condition of any bridge on this website. Bridges lacking these icons should not necessarily be considered condition-free.

Total Bridges Found: 22

 Bridge Name HSR Rating Facility Carried / Feature Intersected LocationStructure Type Structure DimensionsConstruction Date / Builder or Contractor DescriptionThumbnail
Bergeys Mill Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Bergeys Mill Road Over East Branch Perkiomen Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed Total Length: 196 ft
Main Span Length: 94.2 ft
Roadway Width: 15 ft
Main Spans: 2
1893 By: John Denithorne and Sons of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania This skewed bridge is a rare surviving example of its local builder and has unusual built-up beam details.Click to visit page.
Black Rock Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Black Rock Road (PA-113) Over Schuylkill River Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Chester County, Pennsylvania Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed Total Length: 554 ft
Main Span Length: 116 ft
Roadway Width: 29 ft
Main Spans: 5
1916 By: Unknown This significant multi-span concrete arch bridge has been altered, but is still considered a noteworthy historic bridge.Click to visit page.
Black Rock Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Over Schuylkill River Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Chester County, Pennsylvania Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed By: Unknown This attractive multiple span railroad arch bridge carries a railroad over the river. A noteworthy tunnel is on the railroad line next to the bridge.Click to visit page.
Camp Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Camp Road (PA-1021) Over East Branch Perkiomen Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed Total Length: 146 ft
Main Span Length: 30 ft
Roadway Width: 21 ft
Main Spans: 5
1858 By: James White This ancient stone arch bridge sadly is altered and has deteriorated.Click to visit page.
X Freeman School Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Freeman School Road Over East Branch Perkiomen Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed Total Length: 117 ft
Main Span Length: 113 ft
Roadway Width: 15 ft
Main Spans: 1
1896 By: John Denithorne and Sons of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania A firm that the county hired told the county to cancel plans to preserve this historic bridge and instead demolish it.Click to visit page.
Fruitville Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Fruitville Road Over Perkiomen Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Metal 6 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed Total Length: 451 ft
Main Span Length: 102 ft
Roadway Width: 16 ft
Main Spans: 1
1905 By: Eyre Construction Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania This unique union of two bridge types bridge has an extremely long stone approach with a through truss main span.Click to visit page.
Gerloff Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Gerloff Road Over Swamp Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed Total Length: 138 ft
Main Span Length: 134 ft
Roadway Width: 22 ft
Main Spans: 1
1888 By: Unknown This rare Phoenix column through truss was retrofitted with a load-bearing arch.Click to visit page.
Gravel Pike Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Gravel Pike (PA-29 and PA-73) Over Swamp Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed Total Length: 192 ft
Main Span Length: 62 ft
Roadway Width: 30 ft
Main Spans: 3
1947 By: Unknown This bridge is a representative example of a typical mid-20th century bridge in Pennsylvania.Click to visit page.
! High Street Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. High Street (Ridge Pike, PA-4031) Over Manatawny Creek Pottstown: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Metal Deck Girder, Fixed Total Length: 212 ft
Main Span Length: 45 ft
Roadway Width: 47.2 ft
Main Spans: 3
1908 By: Unknown This is an early, wide, and unaltered example of a deck plate girder with lattice railings.Click to visit page.
Limekiln Pike Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Limekiln Pike (PA-152) Over Neshaminy Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed Total Length: 43 ft
Main Span Length: 20 ft
Roadway Width: 24.3 ft
Main Spans: 2
1838 By: Unknown This ancient stone arch bridge carries traffic its builders could not have possibly imagined in their wildest dreams.Click to visit page.
Linfield Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Linfield Road (Main Street, PA-1035) Over Schuylkill River Linfield: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Chester County, Pennsylvania Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren (No Verticals) Pony Truss, Fixed Total Length: 371 ft
Main Span Length: 123 ft
Roadway Width: 22.6 ft
Main Spans: 3
1932 By: Unknown and Pennsylvania State Highway Department This bridge stands out both as a multi-span pony truss and as a state standard polygonal Warren pony truss.Click to visit page.
! Madison Bridge
Keim Street Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Keim Street Over Schuylkill River Pottstown: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Chester County, Pennsylvania Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Pony Truss, Fixed Total Length: 749 ft
Main Span Length: 92 ft
Roadway Width: 20 ft
Main Spans: 8
1935 By: Unknown This rare multi-span pony truss bridge is the longest of its type in all of Pennsylvania.Click to visit page.
Oaks Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Reading Railroad) Over Schuylkill River Oaks: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Chester County, Pennsylvania Metal Deck Girder, Fixed Main Spans: 6 By: Unknown A traditional deck plate girder on a combination of stone and concrete piers.Click to visit page.
Old Gravel Pike Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Old Gravel Pike Over Swamp Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Stone Segmental Arch, Fixed Total Length: 101 ft
Main Span Length: 35.1 ft
Roadway Width: 19.7 ft
Main Spans: 3
1915 By: B. A. Sheeler and James Cresson This attractive stone arch sits closed and deteriorated on old highway alignment.Click to visit page.
Peevy Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Peevy Road Over Perkiomen Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Metal 9 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed Total Length: 103 ft
Main Span Length: 100 ft
Roadway Width: 15.4 ft
Main Spans: 1
1880 By: Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio This bridge is one of the best examples of the unusual Columbia Bridge Works truss details in the country.Click to visit page.
Royersford Spring City Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad) Over Schuylkill River Royersford and Spring City: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Chester County, Pennsylvania Metal Through Girder, Fixed By: Unknown This is an abandoned bridge that carried a railroad over two channels of the river and an island.Click to visit page.
X Salford Station Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Salford Station Road (PA-1024) Over Perkiomen Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Metal Through Girder, Fixed Total Length: 270 ft
Main Span Length: 89 ft
Roadway Width: 19.7 ft
Main Spans: 3
1933 By: Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania This classic plate girder is sentenced to the dumpster so an ugly modern bridge can replace it.Click to visit page.
Schuylkill River Railroad Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Railroad (Abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad) Over Schuylkill River and Canal, Railroad (Reading Railroad), and Jacobs Street Phoenixville: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Chester County, Pennsylvania Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Through Girder, Fixed By: Unknown This is a large concrete arch bridge with many spans.Click to visit page.
Snyder Road Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Snyder Road Over Perkiomen Creek Perkiomenville: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Metal 8 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 4 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Pony Truss, Fixed Total Length: 172 ft
Main Span Length: 120 ft
Roadway Width: 15 ft
Main Spans: 1
1904 By: York Bridge Company of York, Pennsylvania This beautiful metal truss bridge has an unusual pony truss approach span and an impressive main span.Click to visit page.
Spring City Royersford Bridge
Historic Significance Rating. Bridge Street (Main Street, PA-1043) Over Schuylkill River Royersford and Spring City: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Chester County, Pennsylvania Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed Total Length: 346 ft
Main Span Length: 120 ft
Roadway Width: 29.2 ft
Main Spans: 3
1922 By: Unknown This bridge still looks beautiful underneath, but the deck has been replaced and is lacking in aesthetics.Click to visit page.
Swamp Creek Road Bridge North
Historic Significance Rating. Swamp Creek Road Over Unami Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Stone Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed Total Length: 98 ft
Main Span Length: 25 ft
Roadway Width: 18 ft
Main Spans: 3
1910 By: James M. Smith One of two attractive stone arch bridges on this road being rehabilitated.Click to visit page.
Swamp Creek Road Bridge South
Historic Significance Rating. Swamp Creek Road Over Unami Creek Rural: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Stone Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed Total Length: 100 ft
Main Span Length: 26 ft
Roadway Width: 15.4 ft
Main Spans: 3
1892 By: Thomas McAdams One of two attractive stone arch bridges on this road being rehabilitated.Click to visit page.

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