7th Street Bridge

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Seventh street bridge

Removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

BH Photo #287614

Overview: Lost Lattice through truss swing bridge over Brandywine River on 7th Street
Location: Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Status: No longer exists
History: Built 1902
Builders: - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware
Design: Lattice through truss swing
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.73221, -75.53020 (decimal degrees)
39°43'56" N, 75°31'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/454565/4398169 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Wilmington South
Inventory number: BH 61648 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

7th Street Bridge

Posted August 9, 2021, by Geoff Hubbs (geoffrey [dot] hubbs [at] att [dot] net)

The Hagley aerial photo in the link clearly shows an open swing truss bridge.

7th Street Bridge

Posted August 9, 2021, by Dave Christian (Dchristian [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The old 7th street bridge was a fixed truss, not a swing truss as indicated.

7th Street Bridge

Posted July 9, 2014, by Don Morrison

Hey Douglas;

That is the Christina River; I think the most likely place for this bridge would be 39.732426, -75.530334

East 7th at Brandywine Creek.