Pocopson Creek Bridge

  Located about 1/2 mile west of Pocopson Road on Street Road (Rt 926), Pocopson Creek Bridge spanned the creek of the same name. Built around 1872 by brothers Meanander (carpenter) and Ferdinand Wood (mason) it was likely a multiple King Post type bridge with a relatively short span of 50 feet. The cost of the original bridge is unknown but due to storm damage there were repairs on the roof done in 1877 for $139 and more extensive repairs done in 1884 for $600. The Wood brothers built at least 20 bridges together in Chester County and about 50 more individually with other contractors.

The bridge connected Pocopson Township to the east with Pennsbury Township to the west on Street Road. When the bridge was originally built Denton Hollow road connected to Street Road (Rt 926) at the bridge's eastern approach. That early road carried travelers north to the mill, factory, and church in Denton Hollow. This road also carried travelers south from Denton Hollow to the covered bridge to access the cotton mill on the western bank of the Pocopson Creek north of Street Road. At the bridge's western approach Street Road intersected with Brinton's Bridge Road. This road connected to the area surrounding Brinton's Mill north of Chadds Ford and on to the Baltimore Pike (present day US Rt 1)

Early photographs of Street Road are easily identified by the utility poles on either side of the roadway. These poles carried the telegraph lines as well as early electrical power.

The covered bridge was replaced in the 1930's with an open deck steel and concrete bridge on the original stone foundation.

That bridge deck was replaced in the late 1970's also using the original stone foundation. The road surface was open steel grating to allow water to drain through.

In 1999 that bridge was replaced with a new concrete and steel bridge using the original stone foundations. The roadway was elevated on the western approach to the bridge as part of the Rt 926 modifications between Parkersville and Pocopson. The roadwork improvements were part of a larger project concurrent with the construction of the Pocopson Elementary School on the former Pratt farm. A subterranean water main running down the length of Street Road was incorporated into the new bridge spanning the creek. This water main supplies water to the Pocopson Elementary School.