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The Strawberry Mansion Bridge is a steel arch truss bridge across the
The Strawberry Mansion Bridge is a steel arch truss bridge across the Schuylkill River
The Schuylkill River ( , ) is a river in eastern Pennsylvania. It flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map(). accessed April 1, 2011. from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Pottsville ...
in Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city. Fairmount Park consists of two park sections named East Park and West Park, divided by the Schuylkill River, w ...
in Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
, Pennsylvania
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.
It was built in 1896–1897 by the Phoenix Iron Company in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Phoenixville is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia at the junction of French Creek (Schuylkill River tributary), French Creek an ...
, under private ownership by the Fairmount Park Transportation Company, which operated trolleys over the bridge, with pedestrian and carriage lanes on the north side. Trolley service was discontinued in 1946.
The Philadelphia Historical Commission designated the bridge as a historic structure on September 7, 1978.
From 1991 to 1995, the bridge was closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic while it was restored to its historical appearance. As of 2024, the bridge remains in use, carrying vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
The bridge was featured in season 9, episode 5 of the American sitcom ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'', also known colloquially simply as ''Always Sunny'', is an American sitcom created by Rob McElhenney and co-developed by Glenn Howerton for FX (TV channel), FX. It premiered on August 4, 2005, and stars Charl ...
'', titled "Mac Day."
See also
*Historic Strawberry Mansion
Historic Strawberry Mansion is a summer home in East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Built between 1783 and 1789 by Judge William Lewis, it was originally named Summerville.
, from which the bridge takes its name
*List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
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The following bridges in Pennsylvania are documented by the Historic American Engineering Record.
Bridges
See also
* List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
Notes
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*List of crossings of the Schuylkill River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Schuylkill River, from the Delaware River upstream to the source. All locations are in Pennsylvania and Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) ...
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