Thomas Mill Covered Bridge, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Photograph: James Scott
The Thomas Mill Covered Bridge is a single-span Howe truss bridge built in 1855 across Wissahickon Creek in Wissahickon Valley Park, Northwest Philadelphia. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Philadelphia and the only covered bridge in a major U.S. city. The bridge was renovated by the Works Progress Administration in 1939 and by the city of Philadelphia in 2000.
- County
- Philadelphia
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Crosses
- Wissahickon Creek
- Built
- 1855
- Truss
- Howe
- Length
- 97'
- Spans
- 1
- World Guide Number
- 38-51-01
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