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Reedy Point Bridge (1910)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Concrete stringer Shear pole bridge over Chesapeake & Delaware River on Route 9
- Location
- Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built 1910; replaced 1926
- Design
- Concrete stringer shear pole type
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.56921, -75.59046 (decimal degrees)
39°34'09" N, 75°35'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/449282/4380111 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Delaware City
- Inventory number
- BH 72205 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 12, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- May 16, 2016: Added by Douglas Butler
Related Bridges
- Reedy Point Bridge (1927) (Successor)
Sources
- Douglas Butler
- Delaware City, DE - Info
- Dana and Kay Klein
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This drawing of the shear pole swing bridge is actually the 5th Street Bridge in Delaware City. (The Corps of Engrs considers Reedy Point Bridge over the C&D Canal and this bridge as one "system" but they are different.)
The existing 5th Street bridge was installed about 1930, is a bascule welded shut now, and was closed Sep. 12 (today) 2016 for replacement with a concrete span.
Two pix taken about 7 AM 9-12-16, looking south down the roadway and looking southeast along the (old) canal.