Campbell's Bridge formerly spanned

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on Allentown Road in Milford Square,

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. The , bridge was built in 1906-1907. The bridge was designed by A. Oscar Martin and built by the Dailey Construction Company. It was one of the oldest examples of reinforced concrete

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s in the United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1988. In October 2005 the section of road containing the bridge was closed so that the single-span bridge could be replaced. The work was scheduled to be completed by December 2005. The new bridge is long and wide and is a concrete box-beam style.

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* *, includes structural engineering analysis of Campbell's Bridge {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1907 Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Concrete bridges in the United States Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States 1907 establishments in Pennsylvania

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