{"nrhp_refnum":"02000222","name":"Atkinson Road Bridge","other_names":["County Bridge No. 305"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Atkinson Rd. and Pidcock's Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Solebury Twp","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.32727254300005,"lon":-74.97842430499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-arch, random rubble fieldstone bridge carrying a single lane over Pidcock's Creek in rural southern Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, also known as County Bridge 305. A date stone reads \"County Bridge, 1873\".","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bridge is an excellent example of mid-19th-century stone-arch bridge construction in the region and is rare in Bucks County because most comparable bridges have been replaced. Its camelback form with semicircular arches is described as once common but now rare in the county. The bridge is also presented as representative of stone-arch bridge tradition in Pennsylvania.","narrative":"Built in 1873 over Pidcock's Creek in rural southern Solebury Township, the Atkinson Road Bridge is a single-lane structure of native fieldstone, about 60 feet long, with three semicircular arches of cut-stone voussoirs. Its central section rises to a camelback peak, and concrete-topped parapets run along the roadway. A marble date stone set in the inside south wall gives the construction year. County records show a petition for the crossing, after years of impassable ford conditions, and a contract of $1,719 awarded in March 1873 to stone mason James Ricard and contractor Mathew Gibney. Completion was reported that September. Stone was the dominant bridge material in Bucks County from the early 1800s until about 1900, and several hundred were built between 1820 and 1890. Most have since been replaced or altered, so this bridge is regarded as a rare surviving example of its type and form. Its low-traffic rural location is cited as a reason it has remained largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1873","architect_builder":"James Ricard (stone mason); Mathew Gibney (contractor)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition with original materials, alignment and setting intact; the document notes its listing on a PennDOT bridge replacement schedule as a threat.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.453275-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/02000222.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000222/6523f586e3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000222/6523f586e3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ATKINSON_ROAD_BRIDGE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ATKINSON_ROAD_BRIDGE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998180","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_Road_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4815927"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/atkinson-road-bridge-02000222/"}