County Bridge No. 54 is a historic

stone arch 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 (a ...

bridge located near Prospectville in Whitemarsh Township,

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the 73rd-most populous county in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 856,55 ...

. The bridge was built in 1841 and rebuilt in 1916. It has three spans with an overall length of . The bridge crosses a branch of

Wissahickon Creek Wissahickon Creek is a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylvania. Wissahickon Creek rises in Montgomery County, runs approximately 23 miles (37 km) passing through and dividing Northwest ...

. ''Note:'' This includes 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 1841 Bridges in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Stone arch bridges in the United States