County Bridge No. 124
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County Bridge No. 124 is a historic stone
arch bridge An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ...
located in
Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania Caln Township () is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,428 at the 2020 census. The township was founded by settlers from Calne, Wiltshire in England in 1714. The relationship with Calne, Wiltshire, c ...
. It spans Beaver Creek. It has three arch spans, each of which are long. The bridge was constructed in 1916 of squared
ashlar Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
. ''Note:'' This includes , and It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1988.


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{{NRHP bridges Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1916 Bridges in Chester County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania Stone arch bridges in the United States