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Washington Crossing Bridge (free) Upper Makesfield Township and Hopewell Township 40°17′43″N 74°52′5″W / 40.29528°N 74.86806°W / 40.29528; -74.86806 ( Washington Crossing
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 bridge, which is one of the two exclusively pedestrian bridges over the Delaware River. Centre Bridge–Stockton Bridge - (PA 263 / CR 523) [21] The Centre Bridge–Stockton Bridge is a free bridge over the Delaware River. The bridge connects CR 523 and NJ 29 in Stockton, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey to PA 263 in Centre Bridge, Solebury ...
By the act's provisions, a bridge was to be located at Taylor's Ferry, close to where George Washington crossed the Delaware River in 1776. This timber bridge was constructed beginning in 1831 and was completed in 1834. Its six spans gave it a total length of 875 feet. [3] It was the first bridge to open between the New Hope Delaware Bridge ...
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.
George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a complex and surprise military maneuver organized by George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, which culminated in their attack on Hessian forces garrisoned at Trenton.
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 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.