Built in 1832 and rebuilt in 1915, the Valley Green Bridge is one of only two old stone bridges that still carry vehicle traffic across the Wissahickon  -- but in this case, only to the parking lot of the Valley Green Inn.   One of a series of ste...

Cresheim Creek is the prettiest Wissahickon tributary in Philadelphia, and one of the most neglected.  Except at the famous Devil's Pool, where it joins the big creek, few visitors see it.   The McCallum Street bridge crosses the deepest part of i...

This handsome footbridge crosses the Wissahickon at a popular bathing spot for dogs, and people too -- note the mermaids upstream.  It replaced an older full width road bridge, and gets a lot of traffic because Kitchen's Lane is one of the few pla...

Devil's Pool, at the outlet of Cresheim Creek, is an iconic spot in Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley Park.  The bridge soaring above it carries a big sanitary sewer line, that is also one of the park's major trails. One of a series of stereoscopi...

The Chestnut Hill Sewer Line crosses the Cresheim Creek via a spectacularly long, thin bridge. The pool below it is one of the few places in the Wissahickon where it is feasible (though hardly sensible) to dive.  One of a series of sterescopic pan...

One of a series of stereoscopic spherical panoramas of the bridges in Phildelphia's Wissahickon Park.  This is one of the older ones, built long before the park was established, when today's Forbidden Drive was a busy industrial road.

One of a series of stereoscopic spherical views of the bridges in Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley Park.  This nearly 200 year old stone bridge carries a lot of automotive traffic.  It is slated for repairs and restoration in 2004-2005.

One of a series of stereoscopic spherical views of the bridges in Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley Park. This one shows the two bridges nearest the Wissahickon's confluence with the Schuylkill River:  the Ridge Avenue highway bridge, and the gran...

One of a series of stereoscopic spherical views of the bridges in Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley Park. There are 3 bridges in this view: an old, nameless stone bridge, the new streel bridge that carries the Wissahickon Valley Trail across the c...

One of a series of stereoscopic spherical views of the bridges in Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley Park.  Read about the Blue Stone Bridge here.

One of a series of stereoscopic spherical views of the bridges in Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley Park.  For a brief period in 1908-1909, the Walnut Lane Bridge was the highest and longest concrete span in the world.  Four men are said to have d...

One of a series of stereoscopic spherical views of the bridges in Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley Park. This one one, erected in 1987, spans a perilous small ravine high above the creek.  It was designed by sculptor Jody Pinto, inspired by Miche...

One of a series of stereoscopic spherical views of the bridges in Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley Park. This is the one farthest upstream, between The Morris Arboretum and Chestnut Hill College.  It was built early in the 21st century to replace...