{"nrhp_refnum":"88000784","name":"Bridge in Radnor Township No. 2","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Bryn Mawr Ave. over Meadow Brook Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Villanova","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":40.01142805500007,"lon":-75.34387156699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick and concrete arch bridge over Meadow Brook Creek on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near Villanova. It is a single-span structure with a span of about ten feet and an overall length of 75 feet.","why_significant":"The bridge is described as unusually small in span with a skewed vault, and its parapet ornamentation in Gothic Revival style is said to be of a scale typical of larger monumental structures. The nomination treats its combination of small span, brick construction and Gothic Revival ornament as singular among the nominated bridges. It was a gift to the township, commemorated by a bridge stone reading that it was presented by George W. C. Drexel in 1905.","narrative":"Built in 1905 over Meadow Brook Creek on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Radnor Township, this brick and concrete bridge carries vehicle traffic across a single span of about ten feet, with an overall length of 75 feet. Its arch is unusually small for a bridge of its type, and the vault is skewed. The parapets are decorated with molded concrete details in the Gothic Revival style, set into sculptural walls that were designed to suit the early twentieth-century suburban setting. A commemorative stone set in the ornate parapet records that the bridge was presented to Radnor Township by George W. C. Drexel. The bridge is significant for its engineering and for the combination of a small brick span with Gothic Revival ornament, which the nomination describes as unusual among the bridges considered in the group. It was entered in the register in June 1988 as part of a multiple-bridge nomination of Commonwealth-owned highway bridges.","period_of_significance":"1905","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vehicular use; integrity marked unaltered in the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.686378-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88000784.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000784/282b5ad9e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000784/282b5ad9e1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Smallbones at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge2Radnor.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Smallbones at English Wikipedia.</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge2Radnor.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992882","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_in_Radnor_Township_No._2","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4966374"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/bridge-in-radnor-township-no-2-88000784/"}