Greenwood Township near Millville in Columbia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Sullivan Bridge
Photographed by Rick Bodenschatz, May 21, 2017
1. Sullivan Bridge Marker
General John Sullivans 1779 Revolutionary War expedition built a road through this area. Only one bridge was required from Easton to Wilkes-Barre, and it crossed Tobyhanna Creek here. Camped nearby, over 500 troops completed the difficult construction. Officers named it Sullivan Bridge. The campaign was a victory, and the road opened the Pocono Plateau and the region to settlement. Sullivan Trail Questers #1138
Erected 2017 by Sullivan Trail Questers #1138.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Roads & Vehicles • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania, Tobyhanna Township History Tour, and the The Sullivan-Clinton Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1779.
Location. 41° 6.656′ N, 76° 30.281′ W. Marker is near Millville, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County. It is in Greenwood Township. It is on Blue Jay Road (Local Road T581) east of Local Road T557, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 156 Blue Jay Rd,
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Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the Susquehanna Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Grist Mill Drive Wheels (approx. 1.4 miles away); Site of the Greenwood Seminary (approx. 1.4 miles away); Lights Around the Park (approx. 1.4 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Millville (approx. 1.6 miles away); John Eves' Mill (approx. 1.6 miles away); a different marker also named Millville (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millville.
Also see . . . Sullivan Bridge Dedication Site.
Photographed by Rick Bodenschatz, May 21, 2017
2. Sullivan Bridge Marker, with modern day bridge in background.
National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, January 4, 2019
3. Sullivan Bridge Marker
Viewing marker from the west.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2017, by Rick Bodenschatz of Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,454 times since then and 38 times this year. Last updated on July 9, 2026, by Rick Bodenschatz of Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 24, 2017, by Rick Bodenschatz of Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on August 8, 2019. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
