Lenape Bridge

Lenape Bridge

Lenape Bridge, December 2009
Location Pennsylvania Route 52 over parking lot, Birmingham Township and Pocopson Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°54′54″N 75°37′47″W / 39.91500°N 75.62972°W / 39.91500; -75.62972Coordinates: 39°54′54″N 75°37′47″W / 39.91500°N 75.62972°W / 39.91500; -75.62972
Area less than one acre
Built 1911-1912
Built by Corcorn Construction Co.
Architectural style Other, Multiple span stone arch
MPS Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP Reference # 88000781[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1988

Lenape Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge located in Birmingham Township and Pocopson Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It has a seven spans, each 44-foot-long (13 m), with a total length of 308-foot (94 m). The bridge was constructed in 1911-1912, of random rubble stone.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes District 6-0 (November 1982). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Lenape Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-15.


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