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
Wissahickon Valley Park in
Northwest Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
The , ,
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. It is a Contributing Property of the
Chestnut Hill Historic District.
The bridge is open to pedestrian traffic.
File:Thomas Mill Covered Bridge.JPG, Bridge in 2010
File:Thomas Mill CB HABS.jpg, HABS drawing
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"A Bridge Too Old" by Amy Choi, Philadelphia ''Citypaper'', August 27–September 3, 1998
Listingat Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
Listing and photographsat BridgeHunter.com
Wood, Stone, and Steel: Bridges in the Wissahickon Friends of the Wissahickon
Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
Historic American Buildings Survey in Philadelphia
Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania
Works Progress Administration in Pennsylvania
Bridges completed in 1855
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
Wissahickon Valley Park
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania
Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Howe truss bridges in the United States
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