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Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1

Coordinates: 40°0′13″N 75°22′19″W / 40.00361°N 75.37194°W / 40.00361; -75.37194
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Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1
Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1, November 2009
Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1 is located in Pennsylvania
Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1
Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1 is located in the United States
Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1
LocationGoshen Road over Darby Creek, Radnor, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°0′13″N 75°22′19″W / 40.00361°N 75.37194°W / 40.00361; -75.37194
Arealess than one acre
Built1905
Built byJ.A. Morris
ArchitectTheophilus P. Chandler
Architectural styleMulti-span stone arch
MPSHighway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR
NRHP reference No.88000791[1]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1988

Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1 is a historic stone arch bridge that carries Goshen Road over Darby Creek to Darby Paoli Road in Radnor, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The current structure was built in 1905, and is an 80-foot-long (24 m), arch bridge with three arch spans of 45-foot (14 m), 19-foot (5.8 m), and 16-foot-long (4.9 m). It features an unfinished stone parapet cap. It spans the Darby Creek.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-12. Note: This includes District 6-0 (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)