Walnut Lane Bridge

The Walnut Lane Bridge is a concrete arch bridge located in Northwest Philadelphia that connects the Germantown and Roxborough neighborhoods across the Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mom Rinker’s Rock and The Monastery.

Mom Rinker’s Rock

Scenic viewpoint

Mom Rinker's Rock is a scenic outlook in Wissahickon Valley Park along the Wissahickon Creek in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on a ridge on the eastern side of the park just a little north of the Walnut Lane Bridge, close by the statue dedicated to Toleration. Mom Rinker’s Rock is situated 1,100 feet north of Walnut Lane Bridge.

The Monastery

Historic building

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The Monastery is a historic stone house in Philadelphia, located on Wissahickon Creek at Kitchens Lane. It was built in 1747 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The Monastery is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Walnut Lane Bridge.

Historic Rittenhouse Town

Protected area

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Historic RittenhouseTown, sometimes referred to as Rittenhouse Historic District, encompasses the remains of an early industrial community which was the site of the first paper mill in British North America.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roxborough and Wissahickon.

Roxborough

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

Roxborough is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bordered to the southwest, along the Schuylkill River, by the neighborhood of Manayunk, along the northeast by the Wissahickon Creek section of Fairmount Park, and to the southeast by the neighborhood of East Falls.

Wissahickon

Neighborhood

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Wissahickon is a neighborhood in the section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Wissahickon is located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roxborough and Manayunk, and it is bounded by the Wissahickon Valley Park, Ridge Avenue, Hermit Street, and Henry Avenue.

East Falls

Neighborhood

East Falls is a neighborhood in Lower Northwest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies on the east bank of the "Falls of the Schuylkill," cataracts submerged in 1822 by the Schuylkill Canal and Fairmount Water Works projects.

Walnut Lane Bridge

Type: Bridge
Description: concrete road bridge in Philadelphia
Categories: arch bridge, road bridge, and transportation
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.03225° or 40° 1′ 56″ north

Longitude

-75.19974° or 75° 11′ 59″ west

Elevation

85 feet (26 metres)

Open location code

87G62RJ2+V4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 486240880

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

GeoNames ID

5217881

Wikidata ID

Q2542460

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Luxembourgish—“Walnut Lane Bridge” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Walnut Lane Bridge”
French: “Walnut Lane Bridge”
German: “Walnut Lane Bridge”
Luxembourgish: “Walnut Lane Bridge”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rittenhouse Town and West Central Germantown.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Walnut Lane Golf Course Clubhouse and Toleration Statue.

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