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Atkinson Road Bridge, also known as County Bridge 305, is a historic stone
arch bridge An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its structural load, loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either si ...
located in Solebury Township,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania Bucks County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 646,538, making it the List of counties in Pennsylvania, four ...
. It spans Pidcock's Creek. It has three spans, each approximately 20 feet long, and was constructed in 1873. It is of random rubble construction and built of native
fieldstone Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...
. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 2002.


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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1873 Bridges in Bucks County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Stone arch bridges in the United States {{BucksCountyPA-NRHP-stub