A Guide to

Old Covered Bridges

of Southeastern Pennsylvania and nearby areas

Thomas Mill Bridge

The Only Standing Historic Covered Bridge within Philadelphia City Limits

Covered bridges symbolize small-town America. Something from the nineteenth century, a little archaic and strange to twenty-first century eyes. Picturesque and sentimental, "kissing bridges" recall a time when life was simpler and closer to the land -- if only in our dreams. Covered bridges complement autumn leaves and autumn emotions. Photogenic and often remote from the Interstate Highways and cities of the twenty-first century, covered bridges lure the explorer to find the little streams and dirt roads that the our century has almost passed by.

These documents are a guide to the old covered bridges of Southeastern Pennsylvania and nearby areas, that is, the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Philadelphia, and nearby New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware State.

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Contents:

• Covered Bridge Rambles in Perry County, PA
• Covered Bridge Rambles in SW New Hampshire
• Covered Bridge Rambles in Columbia County
• Covered Bridges along the Washington-Harrisburg Route
• Schofield Ford Bridge rebuilding.
• Why Covered? A Frequently Asked Question Sheet
• Covered Bridges by County
• Covered Bridges by Structural Type
• Covered Bridges by Driving Tour
• Covered Bridge Images by Season
• A Portfolio of Selected Oregon Covered Bridges
• Sources for the Study of Covered Bridges

Pictorial essays:

• Long Ago -- But Not Far Away
• "The Bridges of Chester County "
• "The Bridges of Lancaster County "
• "A Small Wonder: Covered Bridges of Delaware State"
• "In The Beginning..."
• "The Renovation of a Covered Bridge"
• "A Sentimental Time Machine: Old Picture Postcards and Old Covered Bridges"

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