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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.
To find a permanent solution, the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission, now the Delaware River Port Authority, was created in 1919. [ 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 Betsy Ross Bridge is a continuous steel truss bridge spanning the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pennsauken, New Jersey.It was built from 1969 to 1974, and opened in April 1976, during the American Bicentennial Year.
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.
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The Delair Bridge is a railroad bridge with a vertical-lift section that crosses the Delaware River between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, just south of the Betsy Ross Bridge.
At Delaware’s biggest city, motorists were stymied by the Delaware River. They had to turn north to the narrow streets of Philadelphia and take one of the bridges there to cross the river.
The Commodore Barry Bridge (also known as the Commodore John Barry Bridge or John Barry Bridge) is a cantilever bridge that spans the Delaware River from Chester, Pennsylvania to Bridgeport, New Jersey, in Logan Township. It is named after John Barry, an American Revolutionary War hero and Philadelphia resident.