Northampton Street Free Bridge (Easton-Phillipsburg) - April 24 Update: A 24/7 lane closure remains in effect at this bridge, with traffic restricted to single lanes in each direction. The traffic signal at the bridge's Easton end is being operated manually by Commission personnel during peak travel periods -- 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays.
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 at this location was completed in 1843. It was constructed for the private shareholder-owned Alexandria Delaware Bridge Co. (Frenchtown at the time was an unincorporated [...]
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 [...]
Fast facts: Current bridge is the third oldest existing superstructure in the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s 20-bridge system. Pennsylvania Abutment — Riegelsville [...]
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 [...]
The original bridge at the Lower Trenton location was a largely wooden structure designed by Theodore Burr. It was the country’s second covered bridge and the first to span the Delaware [...]