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Mid-Delaware Bridge

Pike County, Pennsylvania, and Orange County, New York

Photos 

Photo taken by Janis Ford

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BH Photo #291651

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Delaware River on US 6
Location
Port Jervis, Pike County, Pennsylvania, and Orange County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1939
Builder
- R.C. Ritz Construction Co.
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 325.1 ft.
Total length: 659.2 ft.
Deck width: 44.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.4 ft.
Also called
Port Jervis - Matamoras Bridge
Barret Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.37162, -74.69730   (decimal degrees)
41°22'18" N, 74°41'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/525314/4580056 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Port Jervis South
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
14,521
Inventory numbers
PA 51 0006 0610 2073 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 29810 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 31555 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 66 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

11-panel truss (67)
Built 1939 (811)
Built during 1930s (12,163)
Delaware River (71)
Have street view (28,872)
New York (4,878)
Open (40,957)
Orange County, New York (129)
Owned by state (16,547)
Parker through truss (1,403)
Parker truss (1,798)
Pennsylvania (5,720)
Pike County, Pennsylvania (38)
 Port Jervis, New York (12)
R.C. Ritz Construction Co. (1)
Riveted (2,503)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,258)
State line crossing (912)
Steel grate deck (467)
Stone Abutments (116)
Through truss (16,700)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,050)
Truss (35,366)
US 209 (15)
US 6 (130)

Update Log 

  • July 22, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • April 14, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Fix map marker
  • August 31, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • August 7, 2018: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Added categories "11-panel truss", "Stone Abutments", "Steel grate deck", "Riveted"
  • June 12, 2018: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Design
  • February 18, 2018: Updated by Amanda: More common name
  • March 2, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
  • August 21, 2014: Photos imported by Luke
  • August 20, 2014: New Street View added by Don Morrison

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Comments 

Delaware River Bridge
Posted August 20, 2014, by Don Morrison

Yeah, looks like those deck truss photos most likely go to

http://bridgehunter.com/ny/orange/bh48645/

Delaware River Bridge
Posted August 20, 2014, by Janis Ford (jford3 [at] columbus [dot] rr [dot] com)

I think the deck truss photos are posted with the wrong bridge. I think these photos taken August 2014 are the correct through truss bridge.

Delaware River Bridge
Posted September 17, 2007, by steven felton (sfelton [at] dlbassociates [dot] com)

Some recent photographs