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Of the 20 bridges in the DRJTBC system, the Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge is the only one made of wrought iron. A Phoenix Pratt truss with a total length of 1,274 feet, it also holds the [...]
The first bridge at this site also was the victim of flooding. Designed by Lewis Wernwag, a world-famous bridge-building pioneer of his age, the original crossing was “carried away and damaged” [...]
The original Centre Bridge — an uncovered wooden structure — was constructed in the vicinity of a York Road ferry known as Reading’s Ferry, Howell’s Ferry, and [...]
Originally constructed in 1856 as a vehicular bridge, the covered timber structure consisted of four spans across the Delaware River and one span over the Delaware Division Canal on the [...]
The original bridge, constructed in 1841, consisted of 6 covered wooden spans using the latticed “Town Type” trusses. The masonry substructure of the bridge, 5 piers and two [...]
The original wooden covered bridge was built in 1842, at a site formerly occupied by a ferry successively known as “Lowrytown Ferry”, “Burnt Mills Ferry” and [...]
The original bridge, a covered wooden structure, was constructed in 1835. It remained in service until the entire superstructure was swept away by the flood of October 10, 1903. The existing [...]
The first crossing of the Delaware River at Easton was a ferry enfranchised to David Martin in 1739. Located near the present site of Scott Park at the junction of the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, [...]
The original bridge at this site was a covered, wooden structure of arch pattern. During the flood of October 10, 1903, the superstructure was carried away and the present steel structure was [...]
On February 14, 1831, an act was passed by the New Jersey Legislature and concurred by the Pennsylvania Legislature, creating the Taylorsville Delaware Bridge Company. By the provisions of this [...]