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Bridge in Upper Merion Township

Pennsylvania, US

Bridge in Upper Merion Township

Bridge in Upper Merion Township is a historic stone arch bridge located at Gulph Mills in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, now known as the "Trinity Lane Bridge". The bridge crosses Gulph Creek, and was built in 1789. It has a single 20-foot-long (6.1 m) span with a width of 34 feet (10.4 m), an

d an overall length of 100-foot (30 m). The bridge's datestone features an archaic spelling of "Federal": The Bridge in Upper Merion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. As of August 2021, it was the fifth-oldest bridge in use in the United States. In 2021, the bridge structure was repaired and rehabilitated by contractor J.D. Eckman, with 100% funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, also known as PennDOT.

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