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Summit Bridge (1927)

New Castle County, Delaware

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Chesapeake & Dalaware Canal Bridge

Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection

Phoenix Bridge Co

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #375781

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Summit Bridge Road
Location
Chesapeake City, New Castle County, Delaware
Status
Built in 1927; replaced by a new bridge in 1959
Builders
- J.A.L. Waddell of Port Hope, Canada
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Design
Pratt through truss vertical lift
Also called
St George Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.54172, -75.72596   (decimal degrees)
39°32'30" N, 75°43'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/437619/4377146 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saint Georges
Inventory number
BH 62124 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1927 (893)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Chesapeake City, Delaware (1)
Delaware (163)
J.A.L. Waddell (22)
Lost (28,523)
Lost 1959 (91)
Lost during 1950s (867)
Movable (3,115)
New Castle County, Delaware (112)
 Owned by state (16,562)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (246)
Pratt through truss (6,059)
Pratt truss (10,303)
Replaced by new bridge (19,400)
Span Drive Vertical Lift (90)
Through truss (16,811)
Truss (35,494)
Vertical lift (428)

Update Log 

  • November 2, 2019: Updated by Douglas Butler: updated
  • January 13, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 30, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler

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