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Bartram - 1860
The Bartram's Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge built in 1860. Bartram's bridge uses a Burr Truss design and carried Goshen Road over Crum Creek on the border between Delaware County and Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is 30 feet long and 13 feet wide and is the only covered bridge remaining of the 30 that once stood in Delaware County. The bridge has slanted planks at each entrance and is the only covered bridge in Pennsylvania with this feature. According to an on-site marker from the Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society, the bridge was built to be "high and wide as a load of hay". It was built by Ferdinand Wood and named for Mordecai Bartram.
It was closed to traffic in 1941 and stands next to a new bridge on Goshen Road. The east end of the bridge is located in Newtown Township, Delaware County, and the west end is in Willistown Township, Chester County.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Located at: N39 59 23 W75 26 14 - WGCB #38-15-17 / #38-23-02
Photographed in September 2021