Uhlerstown is an

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Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Tinicum Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,995 at the 2010 census. The Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge, a free Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission bridge over the Delaware River, conn ...

, United States. The community is located along

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(River Road) and is served by the 18920 ZIP Code. Uhlerstown is one of the many

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communities in the county. In 1949, painter Frederick Harer died here. Uhlerstown actually uses the post office and ZIP Code of nearby Erwinna; therefore, many Uhlerstown residents say that they are from Erwinna, as that is what shows up on their addresses. The Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge, a free

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bridge over the

, connects

in Uhlerstown to

New Jersey Route 12 Route 12 is a state highway located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. It runs from the Uhlerstown–Frenchtown Bridge at the Delaware River border with Pennsylvania in Frenchtown, New Jersey, Frenchto ...

in Frenchtown in

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; PA 32 leads south to Interstate 295, which leads to

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. The existing bridge has a roadway width of 16 feet 6 inches. A sidewalk is supported on steel cantilever brackets. The bridge maintains a fifteen-mile per hour speed limit. The Uhlerstown Historic District was added to the

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in 1994.

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