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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.
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.
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U.S. Route 40 (US 40) is a U.S. highway running from Silver Summit, Utah east to Atlantic City, New Jersey.The easternmost segment of the route runs 64.32 miles (103.51 km) through the southern part of New Jersey between the Delaware Memorial Bridge over the Delaware River in Pennsville Township, Salem County, where it continues into Delaware along with Interstate 295 (I-295), east to Atlantic ...
DE 273 was designated by 1936 to run from the Maryland border near Newark east to Hares Corner. In the 1950s, the route was extended east to New Castle when US 40 was realigned to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. DE 273 was moved onto new alignments around Christiana in the 1980s and through Ogletown in the 1990s.
On Feb. 22, 1937, tunnel expert John Meigs, chief engineer for the Wilmington-Deepwater Tunnel Company, addressed the Milford Rotary Club touting the virtues of a tunnel under the Delaware River ...
The bridge has now been listed as a historic landmark on Google Maps. Followers of the Facebook page "What's up in Delaware" have wondered if it's for real or a prank. "OK, Who did this," asked one.
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type Ashland Covered Bridge: ca. 1860: 1973-03-20 Ashland: New Castle: Covered: Cooch's Bridge: ca. 1726, 1777, 1791, 1834, 1884