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
Location	Thomas Mill Rd., Wissahickon Valley Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40.07187°N 75.22559°W / 40.07187; -75.22559
Built	1855
MPS	Covered Bridges of the Delaware River Watershed TR
NRHP reference No.	80003621
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 Wissahickon Valley Park in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The only remaining covered bridge in Philadelphia and the only covered bridge in a major American city, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

History and architectural features

This 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.

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 and bicycle traffic.

Gallery

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  Bridge in 2010
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  HABS drawing

External links

• Media related to Thomas Mill Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-19, "Covered Bridge, Thomas Mill Road (Spanning Wissahickon Creek), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 2 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 measured drawings, 2 photo caption pages
• Article at Drexel University
• "A Bridge Too Old", by Amy Choi, Philadelphia Citypaper, August 27–September 3, 1998
• Thomas Mill Covered Bridge data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
• Listing and photographs at BridgeHunter.com
• Wood, Stone, and Steel: Bridges in the Wissahickon, Friends of the Wissahickon