St. Georges Bridge (Delaware)

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St. Georges Bridge
Coordinates	39°33′09″N 75°39′04″W / 39.552568°N 75.651051°W / 39.552568; -75.651051 (St. Georges Bridge)
Carries	US 13 (2 traffic lanes, 2 bike lanes)
Crosses	Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Locale	St. Georges, Delaware
Maintained by	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Characteristics
Design	Tied arch bridge
Total length	4,209 feet (1,283 m)
Width	approx. 28 feet (8.5 m)
Longest span	450 feet (140 m)[1]
Clearance below	135 feet (41 m)
History
Opened	1942[2]
Location

The St. Georges Bridge is a steel tied arch bridge that carries U.S. Route 13 (US 13) across the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in St. Georges, Delaware. Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1942 as a high-level crossing, the bridge was the first four-lane, high-level crossing to span the canal. It replaced a previous vertical lift bridge which was damaged when a German merchant ship collided with it.^[3]