Bridge in Upper Merion Township

Bridge in Upper Merion Township is a historic stone arch bridge located at Gulph Mills in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1789. It has a single 20-foot-long (6.1 m) span with a width of 34 feet (10.4 m), and an overall length of 100-foot (30 m). The bridge crosses Gulph Creek.^[2]

Bridge in Upper Merion Township
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bridge in Upper Merion Township in September 2012
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Location	S. Gulph Rd. over Gulph Creek, Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	40°4′8″N 75°20′28″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1789
Architectural style	Small-span stone arch
MPS	Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.	88000832[1]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1] The Bridge in Upper Mention is, as of August 2021, the fifth-oldest bridge in use in the United States.

In 2021, the bridge structure was repaired and rehabilitated by contractor J.D. Eckman, with 100% funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, known as PennDOT.^[3]