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Photographer: HistoricTownsOfAmerica.com - Guy Saladino
Taken: February 5, 2020
Caption: Pennypack Creek Bridge Marker - new location
Additional Description: Historic Towns of America website entry:
Pennypack Creek Bridge (est. 1697), also known as the Frankford Avenue Bridge, Pennypack Bridge, Holmesburg Bridge, located in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia, is the oldest roadway bridge in America. The three-span, 73-foot-long stone arch bridge carries Frankford Avenue over Pennypack Creek in Pennypack Park. It was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1970. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Submitted: November 18, 2020, by HistoricTownsOfAmerica.com - Guy Saladino of Long Beach, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p550714
File Size: 0.227 Megabytes

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