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Before the construction of a bridge at this location, the site was known as Taylor's Ford. The original bridge at the site was probably timber, built about 1770, and funded by subscription. This was replaced by another wooden bridge in 1789. A petition to the Court of Chester County in 1804
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complained of the decay of the bridge, and asked the county to erect a stone bridge instead. The bridge was built in 1807 and cost $ 26,911.03. It continues to carry traffic today.
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Cope's Bridge, State Route 162, spanning Brandywine Creek (East Bradford Township), Copesville, Chester County, PA
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East Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Cope's Bridge is located in Pennsylvania
Cope's Bridge is located in the United States
Marshallton, Pennsylvania
39°57′31.9″N 75°39′19.3″W / 39.958861°N 75.655361°W / 39.958861; -75.655361
85000465
arch bridge
Strasburg Road
Pennsylvania Route 162
East Branch Brandywine Creek
East Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places
Taylor–Cope Historic District


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"NRHP Nomination Form for Cope's Bridge"
"Cope's Bridge (Brandywine Bridge)"
Historic American Buildings Survey
MacElree, Wilmer W.
Down the Eastern and Up the Black Brandywine
Historic American Buildings Survey
Cope's Bridge, State Route 162, spanning Brandywine Creek (East Bradford Township), Copesville, Chester County, PA
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