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Washington's Crossing Delaware River Bridge Covered (1st)

Mercer County, New Jersey, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Bridge over Delaware River
Location
Washington's Crossing, Mercer County, New Jersey, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Status
Destroyed by disaster
History
Built 1834
Dimensions
Total length: 877.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.29533, -74.86805   (decimal degrees)
40°17'43" N, 74°52'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/511214/4460544 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 90808 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,754)
Bucks County, Pennsylvania (292)
Built 1834 (21)
Built during 1830s (274)
Covered (2,381)
Lost (29,275)
Lost 1841 (2)
 Lost during 1840s (14)
Mercer County, New Jersey (86)
New Jersey (1,704)
Pennsylvania (6,241)
State line crossing (924)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,101)
Washington's Crossing, New Jersey (1)

Update Log 

  • June 27, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler
  • October 4, 2020: Added by Art S.

Sources 

  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
  • Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com

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