Bridge in East Fallowfield Township

Over a dry mill race in the village of Mortonville, East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, stands a small single-span arch bridge carrying Strasburg Road. It spans about 12 feet 6 inches and is built of rubble masonry, with a semi-circular arch and masonry wing walls. The bridge lies beside the Brandywine Bridge and near an extant stone mill, and it remains in vehicular use. Its construction date is not known, though it may have been built during the Brandywine Bridge project. Its significance rests on engineering. The bridge is regarded as a very well preserved example of the many small, single-span rubble masonry bridges built across Chester County. Patch repointing is the principal alteration recorded. The nominated property covers a rectangle of about 30 by 25 feet bounded by the outside corners of the wing walls, and it includes only the superstructure and substructure of the bridge. It was listed in 1988 as part of a group of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation highway bridges.