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This is a list of bridges, ferries, and other crossings of the Delaware River and Delaware Bay from the Atlantic Ocean upstream to the confluence of the East Branch and West Branch at Hancock, New York. There are no tunnels under the Delaware (excepting utilities), and no dams crossing the full width of its main stem.
The Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission, now the Delaware River Port Authority, was created in 1919 to find a permanent solution. [ 3 ] The chief engineer of the bridge was Polish-born Ralph Modjeski , [ 4 ] the design engineer was Leon Moisseiff , [ 5 ] the supervising architect was Paul Philippe Cret , [ 5 ] and the construction engineer ...
The Walt Whitman Bridge is a single-level suspension bridge spanning the Delaware River from Philadelphia in the west to Gloucester City in Camden County, New Jersey in the east. The bridge is named after American poet and essayist Walt Whitman , who resided in nearby Camden toward the end of his life.
The Wilmington Rail Viaduct is a series of fills and bridges, about 4 miles (6.4 km) long, that carries the Northeast Corridor through the city of Wilmington, Delaware, above street level. Constructed between 1902 and 1908, the structure consists principally of fills supported by heavy stone retaining walls , punctuated with plate girder ...
Aerial image of Delaware Memorial Bridge (left), Wilmington, Delaware (top right), 2012. The Delaware Memorial Bridge is a dual-span suspension bridge crossing the Delaware River. The toll bridges carry Interstate 295 and U.S. Route 40 and is also the link between Delaware and New Jersey.
The Delaware River is a major barrier to travel between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Most of the larger bridges are tolled only westbound, and are owned by the Delaware River and Bay Authority, Delaware River Port Authority, Burlington County Bridge Commission or Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
The Girard Point Bridge is a double-decked cantilevered truss bridge carrying Interstate 95 across the Schuylkill River in the American city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bridge was opened in 1973. [2] It is the last crossing of the Schuylkill River, which empties into the Delaware River less than half a mile downstream. It is crossed by ...
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, also known as the Roebling Bridge, is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States. [1] It runs 535 feet (163 meters) over the Delaware River , from Minisink Ford, New York , to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania .