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Bartram's Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Chester County, Pennsylvania

Bartram Covered Bridge NRHP spans Crum Creek and Chester County (Willistown Twnship) and Newtown Township, Delaware County (aka Newtown Square).
Bartram Covered Bridge NRHP spans Crum Creek and Chester County (Willistown Twnship) and Newtown Township, Delaware County (aka Newtown Square). · User:Smallbones at English Wikipedia. / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Bartram's Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 13 of them in Chester County.

It was built in 1860, in the Civil War era, making it the 25th oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date; it crosses Crum Creek.

Status check, 2026-11: Burr truss built by Ferdinand Wood over Crum Creek on the Chester–Delaware County line and the last covered bridge left in Delaware County; it closed to traffic in 1941, was restored in the mid-1990s, and reported lengths disagree (30, 60, 80 or 81 ft). Bartram's Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 39.9897° N, 75.4375° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1860
CrossesCrum Creek
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates39.98972, -75.43750

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Questions

Where is Bartram's Covered Bridge?

Bartram's Covered Bridge is in Chester County, Pennsylvania, at 39.9897, -75.4375.

How many covered bridges are in Chester County?

Chester County, Pennsylvania has 13 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.