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South Market Street Swing Bridge (1883)

New Castle County, Delaware

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Photo taken by Michael Confoy

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss with no verticals bridge over Christina River on South Marked Street
Location
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced in 1927
Design
Warren through truss with no verticals swing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.73623, -75.55413   (decimal degrees)
39°44'10" N, 75°33'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/452518/4398628 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84794 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,629)
Built 1883 (191)
Built during 1880s (2,391)
Delaware (167)
Lost (31,795)
Lost 1927 (126)
Lost during 1920s (903)
Movable (3,189)
New Castle County, Delaware (115)
 Replaced by new bridge (21,686)
Swing (1,619)
Through truss (19,028)
Truss (38,309)
Warren through truss (1,737)
Warren through truss with no verticals (33)
Warren truss (7,181)
Wilmington, Delaware (39)

Update Log 

  • March 28, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • March 26, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler

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