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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Paul J. Gutman Library and Historic Rittenhouse Town.
Paul J. Gutman Library
Library
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0.
The Paul J. Gutman Library is the main library of Thomas Jefferson University, which is located in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Paul J. Gutman Library is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Wissahickon Memorial 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.
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.
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
Photo: Kmdevoe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
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 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″ northLongitude
-75.19606° or 75° 11′ 46″ westOpen location code
87G62RF3+MHOpenStreetMap ID
way 746518850OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q8027700
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