The Upper Black Eddy–Milford Bridge is a free bridge that crosses over the Delaware River in the United States. Owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, it carries Bridge Street, connecting CR 519 in Milford, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, with Pennsylvania Route 32 in Upper Black Eddy, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Upper Black Eddy–Milford Bridge | |
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 The Upper Black Eddy–Milford Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 40°33′59″N 75°05′55″W / 40.5664°N 75.0986°W |
| Carries | Bridge Street |
| Crosses | Delaware River |
| Locale | Milford, New Jersey and Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania |
| Maintained by | Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss bridge |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | None |
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The bridge currently has a 55-ton (49-metric ton) weight limit, the heaviest free bridge on the Delaware.
History
editFollowing a great flood in 1841, a wood-timbered, covered bridge was built in 1842 to accommodate business needs that ferries could not handle. Severely damaged by a subsequent flood in 1903, during which it lost one of its three wooden spans, the bridge was repaired. During its reconstruction, the ferry was put back into service while the bridge was repaired. The wood spans remained in use until replaced by the current steel bridge in 1933; only the stone piers were reused at that time. The bridge charged tolls until 1929.[1]
Two more floods damaged the bridge, including the Flood of 1955 in the aftermath of both Hurricane Connie and Hurricane Diane. The 1955 flood left the bridge under seven feet of water; while it did not completely destroy the bridge, it did cause structural damage.[2]
See also
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Some structural details of the bridge
References
edit- ^ Hunterdon County Democrat, Milford-Upper Black Eddy bridge over the Delaware opens after renovations, May 21, 2011
- ^ Hunterdon's Delaware Bridges Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 6, 2007
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