Thomas Mill Covered Bridge

Thomas Mill Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Thomas Mill Covered Bridge in 1972
Location:	Thomas Mill Rd., Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40°4′18″N 75°13′33″W
Built:	1855
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style:	Other
Governing body:	Local
MPS:	Covered Bridges of the Delaware River Watershed TR
NRHP Reference#:	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 Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The 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.

The bridge is open to pedestrian traffic.

References

Bridge in 2010

External links

• Listing, drawings, and photographs at the Historic American Buildings Survey
• Article at Drexel University
• "A Bridge Too Old", by Amy Choi, Philadelphia Citypaper, August 27–September 3, 1998
• Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
• Listing and photographs at BridgeHunter.com
• Bridges of the Wissahickon, Friends of the Wissahickon