Lost Bridges - Middle Bucks

See the places where covered bridges once existed in the Central area of Bucks County.

Castle Valley (1835-1930)

Castle Valley covered bridge was located outside Doylestown. At 483 feet it was the longest Covered Bridge in the interior of Bucks County when it was demolished in 1930. The name of the region came from one of Bucks County’s legendary figures,…

Whitehall (1840-1924)

The Whitehall Bridge spanned present-day Butler Avenue, or Business Route 202, in Chalfont. It was 160 feet long with two spans. When he examined it in 1919, engineer Oscar Martin said the bridge traversed Neshaminy Creek on State Road in Chalfont…

County Line-Line Lexington (1828 - 1936)

One of two bridges that sat on County Line Road, the Line Lexington Bridge was also one of the last covered bridges to serve on a major arterial roadway. Built by Bucks County in 1835, the bridge ran over the Neshaminy Creek between Eureka and Line…

Unionville (Demolished 1932)

Little is known about the Unionville Bridge. A 1962 letter from Charles Pague of Shippensburg to the Bucks County Historical Society stated the bridge was on the Rosenberger farm near Souderton on the Old Bethlehem Pike. (He was writing on behalf of…

County Line - Telford (1849-1932)

This County Line Road bridge was located two miles west of Telford near West Rockhill.When it was examined in 1919, county engineer Oscar Martin said the bridge spanned the North Branch of Perkiomen Creek on County Line Road, from Telford to…

Finland (1861-1938)

Finland Bridge in Milford was built in 1861 and demolished on May 1, 1938. According to inspection records from 1919, the Finland Bridge ran over Swamp Creek on Township Road from Finland to Ridge Valley Church in Milford Township. The bridge had an…

Steeley's (1835-1939)

Steeley’s Covered Bridge sat just outside of Perkasie Borough near Mood’s Bridge on Branch Road. The bridge crossed the East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek. Little is known about it, but it was called the "second bridge" over the Branch Creek. County…

Church Hill (1861-1937)

Church Hill bridge sat at the convergence of three roads in Weisel, one of the oldest road intersections in Bucks County at one time. Its former location now sits under Lake Nockamixon. The Old Bethlehem Road ran from Philadelphia through Bucks…