{"nrhp_refnum":"88000855","name":"Bridge in Williams Township","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"LR 48007 over Frey's Run","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stouts","county":"Northampton County","state":"PA","lat":40.61091623100003,"lon":-75.23119047699998,"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 multiple-span stone arch bridge over Frey's Run in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, built in 1857 according to PennDOT records and a bridge plate. It carries a camelback profile and has three spans with a 15-foot main arch and two 10-foot secondary arches.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bridge is unusually small in its arch spans for a nineteenth-century highway bridge. Its semi-circular arches appear to rest on islands in the stream for their piers. The form is presented as a throwback to earlier bridge engineering, when spans this short were routinely built, before much longer spans became common by the mid-19th century.","narrative":"Over Frey's Run in rural Williams Township, Northampton County, stands a small stone bridge dated to 1857 by PennDOT records and a bridge plate. It has three spans, with a 15-foot main arch and two 10-foot secondary arches, and a camelback profile typical of nineteenth-century highway bridges. The semi-circular arches are built of cut ashlar voussoirs and rubble masonry with pointed joints, and the rubble walls carry slate coping on the railings. Its piers appear to be set on islands in the stream. The bridge is significant for engineering. Its very short spans recall an earlier era of bridge building, when openings of this size were routine, and by the mid-nineteenth century longer spans had become the norm. Its piers have been underpinned with concrete blocks and repointed, which are recorded as alterations. The nominated area is a rectangle about 80 feet long and 25 feet wide, covering the superstructure and substructure, and is less than one acre.","period_of_significance":"1857","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Camelback stone arch bridge","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Piers underpinned with concrete blocks and joints repointed; the form lists the piers as altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.503715-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88000855.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000855/9829751d27-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000855/9829751d27-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"PennDOT","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_in_Williams_Township.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">PennDOT</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_in_Williams_Township.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993406","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_in_Williams_Township","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4966392"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northampton-county/bridge-in-williams-township-88000855/"}