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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 Memorial Bridge twin-span suspension bridge. Twin bridges are a set of two bridges running parallel to each other. A pair of twin bridges is often referred to collectively as a twin-span or dual-span bridge. Twin bridges are independent structures and each bridge has its own superstructure, substructure, and foundation. [1]
Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge: Taunton River: 1965: Massachusetts: Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge: Delaware River: 1956: Pennsylvania / New Jersey: Girard Point Bridge [27] Schuylkill River: 1985: Pennsylvania: Gold Star Memorial Bridge (dual spans) Thames River: 1943 / 1973: Connecticut: Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge ...
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 and Bay Authority (DRBA) is a bi-state government agency of the U.S. states of Delaware and New Jersey established by an interstate compact in 1962. [2]The authority operates the Delaware Memorial twin suspension bridges, the Cape May-Lewes Ferry between Cape May, New Jersey, and Lewes, Delaware, the Forts Ferry Crossing, and the Salem County Business Center.
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Construction on the Delaware Memorial Bridge began in 1949. [22] At the same time, work was underway on the Delaware Memorial Bridge approach, a divided highway which would begin at a directional T interchange with US 13/US 202 in Farnhurst and head east to a cloverleaf interchange at New Castle Avenue (present DE 9) before leading to the bridge.
The Dupont Boulevard transformed the state of Delaware, but just imagine what could have been with a tunnel under the Delaware River.