New Hope-Lambertville Bridge
Photos
New Hope-Lambertville Bridge -- September 22, 2009
Upriver side view from New Hope side
Photo taken by Raymond Klein
BH Photo #147361
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Delaware River on PA 179 in New Hope
- Location
- New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Hunterdon County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1904; rehabilitated 1984
- Builders
- - Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission
- Lewis F. Shoemaker & Co. of Pottstown, Pennsylvania [also known as Shoemaker Bridge Co.]
- Railroads
- - New Jersey & Pennsylvania Traction Co. Railroad
- Streetcar
- Trenton-Princeton Traction Co.
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 1,051.9 ft.
Deck width: 21.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.36497, -74.94885 (decimal degrees)
40°21'54" N, 74°56'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/504343/4468267 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lambertville
- Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 16,000
- Inventory numbers
- PA 09 7411 9991 0005 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
BH 30540 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of May 2008)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 17.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 22, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- April 14, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Fix map marker
- February 11, 2020: New photo from Art Suckewer
- July 29, 2019: New photo from Art Suckewer
- December 9, 2018: New photo from Art Suckewer
- November 16, 2018: New photo from Art Suckewer
- April 12, 2017: New photo from Art Suckewer
- February 24, 2017: New photo from Art Suckewer
- August 13, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- August 13, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
- July 22, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
- July 12, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
- November 12, 2011: New photo from Ian Ligget
- April 13, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
- October 9, 2009: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added 3 photos. Other location-Hunterdon County, NJ-City: New Hope, Pa and Lambertville, PA-Owner-Private to State Bridge Toll Authortiy -
Sources
- Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
- Ian Ligget
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
- Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
Comments
Art,is something being done to this bridge that i don't know about?I grew up in Bucks county and used to fish for shad and other fish around that bridge.Hopefully nothing bad is happening with this bridge.
Art,is something being done to this bridge that i don't know about?I grew up in Bucks county and used to fish for shad and other fish around that bridge.Hopefully nothing bad is happening with this bridge.
Art,is something being done to this bridge that i don't know about?I grew up in Bucks county and used to fish for shad and other fish around that bridge.Hopefully nothing bad is happening with this bridge.
A documentary is being prepared about the bridge:
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/newsworks-tonight/9...
Interesting statistics in the linked interview.
Another painting:
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/30081607_richard-j-johns...
Thought this would add a different perspective:
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/pa/bucks/97411999100050/
Sorry about that Art.Momentary brain fart.