Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

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Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Rt. 1 Bridge (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1995
Cable-stayed bridge over C&D Canal, Rd 412 on Delaware Highway 1
Open to traffic

Chesapeake City Bridge (1927) (Cecil County, Maryland)
Built when C&D Canal was widened; Destroyed July 28, 1942 by M/V Franz Klasen; Replaced 1948
Lost Pratt through truss vertical lift bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on MD 213
Destroyed by collision & replaced

Chesapeake City Bridge (1949) (Cecil County, Maryland)
Built 1949; rehabilitated 1978
Steel through arch bridge over C&D Canal on MD 213 in Chesapeake City
Open to traffic

Chesapeake City Bridge (built before 1898) (Cecil County, Maryland)
Built before 1898; Replaced 1927
Lost wooden swing bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on George Street/Hemphill Street
Replaced by a new bridge

DCR - Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge (New Castle County, Delaware)
Modern Warren through truss lift bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Delmarva Central Railroad
In use by Norfolk Southern Railroad

PC - Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge (2nd) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built ca. 1925 to replace earlier bridge when canal expanded after acquisition by Army Corps of Engineers, replaced by new bridge 1/4 mile to south as canal realigned and widened in 1960s; Completely removed 1972
Lost Through truss bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Pennsylvania RR
No longer exists

PRR - Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge (1st) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Original Alignment C&D Canal on Pennsylvania RR
Replaced by a new bridge

Reedy Point Bridge (1910) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1910; replaced 1926
Lost Concrete stringer Shear pole bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware River on Route 9
No longer exists

Reedy Point Bridge (1927) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1927; Replaced 1968
Lost Parker through truss vertical-lift bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Route 9
Replaced by a new bridge

Reedy Point Bridge (1968) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1968, replacing a lift bridge.
Warren through truss bridge over C&D Canal on DE 9
Open to traffic

St. George A Frame Bridge (Pre 1927) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Replaced in 1927
Lost Bridge over Delaware & Chesapeake Canal on Dupont Parkway
No longer exists

St. Georges Bridge (1927) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1927
Lost Through truss bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Destroyed by collision

St. Georges Bridge (1941) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1941
Steel through arch bridge over C&D Canal on US 13
Open to traffic

Summit Bridge (1927) (New Castle County, Delaware)
4 of 5 summit bridges to exist, one of several lift bridges added after the removal of the canal locks in 1926
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Summit Bridge Road
Built in 1927; replaced by a new bridge in 1959

Summit Bridge (1959) (New Castle County, Delaware)
Built 1959; rehabilitated 1987
Through truss bridge over C&D Canal on US 301/DE 896
Open to traffic

Summit Bridge (Pre 1927) "Buck bridge" (New Castle County, Delaware)
Lost Parker pony truss swing bridge over Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on Summit Bridge Road
Replaced by a new bridge in 1927, number 3 of 5 bridges known as Summit bridge

Summit Covered Bridge 08-02-23x (New Castle County, Delaware)
Lost through truss covered bridge over Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on road
Replaced by a new bridge