Thomas Mill Covered Bridge

Thomas Mill Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
Thomas Mill Covered Bridge in 1972
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Location	Thomas Mill Rd., Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°4′18″N 75°13′33″W / 40.07167°N 75.22583°W / 40.07167; -75.22583Coordinates: 40°4′18″N 75°13′33″W / 40.07167°N 75.22583°W / 40.07167; -75.22583
Built	1855
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Other
MPS	Covered Bridges of the Delaware River Watershed TR
NRHP Reference #	80003621[1]
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1980

The Thomas Mill Covered Bridge, aka the Thomas Mill Bridge or the Thomas Mill Road Covered Bridge, is a historic, single-span, wooden covered bridge across the Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The 86.5-foot-long (26.4 m), 18.66-foot-wide (5.69 m), Howe-truss bridge was built in 1855. It was renovated by the Works Progress Administration in 1939, and by the City of Philadelphia in 2000.^[2]

It is the only remaining covered bridge in Philadelphia and is the only covered bridge in a major US city. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a Contributing Property of the Chestnut Hill Historic District.

The bridge is open to pedestrian traffic.

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  Bridge in 2010
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  HABS drawing

References

External links

• Listing, drawings, and photographs at the Historic American Buildings Survey
• Article at Drexel University
• "A Bridge Too Old", by Amy Choi, Philadelphia Citypaper, August 27–September 3, 1998
• Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
• Listing and photographs at BridgeHunter.com
• Bridges of the Wissahickon, Friends of the Wissahickon

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