Glen Hall Bridge

Ahead on both sides of the creek you will notice stone bridge abutments. These are the remnants of early bridges that spanned the creek in this location. The first bridge at Glen Hall was an 185 foot Ohio Iron Bridge built in 1868 by Ezra Hall and Thomas Schull. Not typical of the times the iron bridge was replaced by a wooden covered bridge in 1881. Typically wooden bridges were replaced by iron structures but in parts of Chester County wooden bridges were built until the late 19th century. The Glen Hall Bridge was a two span Burr Arch type bridge built by brothers Ferdinand and Menander Wood for $3,400. Reuben Pearson did the stonework for the bridge for $988.The bridge had 3 inch white oak planks for the road decking. In the later years of the bridge a 3 ton weight restriction was placed on the structure. When school buses came to the bridge the children had to get off and walk across. The empty bus would follow and the children re-entered the bus. In 1962 the wooden bridge burned, not to be rebuilt. Glen Hall Road then became the dead end road that it is today.