Bridgeport is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, 18 mi (29 km) north of Philadelphia on the Schuylkill River.

Former industries included paper, flour, cotton, woolen mills, steel works, and brickyards.

In 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, General George Washington and the Continental Army passed through Bridgeport on their way to their winter encampment in Valley Forge.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

Bridgeport has a city manager form of government with a mayor and a seven-member borough council.

[10] It served as the parish school for Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saint Augustine, and Sacred Heart churches.

[11] The first two churches are in Bridgeport and previously had a joint St. Augustine-Our Lady of Mount Carmel School.

SEPTA operates the Route 99 bus through Bridgeport, which provides service to the Norristown Transportation Center, King of Prussia, and Phoenixville.

The structure, including trestle approaches and spans over the river, has been believed to be "perhaps the longest bridge on an American interurban railroad".