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Skippack Bridge

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Coordinates40°10′49″N 75°25′18″W / 40.18028°N 75.42167°W / 40.18028; -75.42167
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1792, 1874
Skippack Bridge
Skippack Stone Arch Bridge, HABS photo, June 1994
Skippack Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Skippack Bridge
Skippack Bridge is located in the United States
Skippack Bridge
LocationEast of Evansburg on Germantown Pike, Lower Providence Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°10′49″N 75°25′18″W / 40.18028°N 75.42167°W / 40.18028; -75.42167
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1792, 1874
Architectural styleEight-arch masonry
NRHP reference No.70000551[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1970

Skippack Bridge, also known as Montgomery County Bridge No. 142, is a historic stone arch bridge located near Evansburg in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1792 and repaired in 1874. It has eight spans, is 33-foot (10 m) wide, with an overall length of 202-foot (62 m). The bridge carries Germantown Pike across Skippack Creek.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]

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