Wissahickon Memorial Bridge

The Wissahickon Memorial Bridge, originally called and still also known as the Henry Avenue Bridge, is a stone and concrete bridge that carries Henry Avenue over Wissahickon Creek and Lincoln Drive in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Historic Rittenhouse Town and Wissahickon Hall.

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.

Wissahickon Hall

Historic building

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0.

Wissahickon Hall is a historic building, which is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Wissahickon Memorial Bridge.

Falls of Schuylkill Branch Library

Library

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Falls of Schuylkill Branch Library is situated 3,800 feet south of Wissahickon Memorial Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Falls and Wissahickon.

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.

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.

Roxborough

Neighborhood

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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 Memorial Bridge

Type: Bridge
Description: spans the above creek in Philadelphia
Categories: arch bridge and transportation
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.02424° or 40° 1′ 27″ north

Longitude

-75.19606° or 75° 11′ 46″ west

Open location code

87G62RF3+MH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 746518850

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q8027700

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