Riverton-Belvidere Covered Bridge (Pre 1903)

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The original bridge on this site was a covered bridge built in 1836. Flooding destroyed that bridge days after in was opened. A new covered bridge was built in 1839 by Solon Chapin. That one was lost in 1903 to flooding and was replaced by a new steel bridge (see BRIDGEHUNTER) constructed on the same piers that held the covered bridge.

Facts

Overview: Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Delaware River on Water St. & Martins Creek Belvidere Hwy
Location: Riverton, Warren County, New Jersey, and Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Status: Destroyed by flooding
History: First Bridge was built in 1836; It was flooded days after opening; Next Bridge was the one listed here in 1839; It was lost in 1903 and replaced
Builder: - Built by Solon Chapin
Design: Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Total length: 630.0 ft.
Also called: Belvidere Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.82882, -75.08466 (decimal degrees)
40°49'44" N, 75°05'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/492861/4519757 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number: BH 90147 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

June 22, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler
January 3, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
August 4, 2020: New photo from Art Suckewer

Sources

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