Frankford Avenue Bridge: The oldest bridge in the US still carrying traffic was built in 1697 and has survived more than 320 years of history | World News
Long before interstate highways and steel suspension bridges transformed American travel, a modest stone crossing in Philadelphia quietly connected some of the earliest colonial settlements. That bridge still exists today. Known as the Frankford Avenue Bridge, it has remained in continuous use for well over three centuries, carrying modern traffic across Pennypack Creek while preserving…