Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct | |
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 The restored bridge, in 2011 | |
| Coordinates | 41°28′57″N 74°59′04″W / 41.482571°N 74.9844105°W |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians |
| Crosses | Delaware River |
| Locale | Minisink Ford, New York to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania |
| Other name(s) | Roebling Bridge |
| Maintained by | National Park Service |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Total length | 535 feet (163 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1849 |
| Location | |
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Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, also known as the Roebling Bridge, is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.[1] It runs 535 feet (163 meters) over the Delaware River, from Minisink Ford, New York, to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1849 as an aqueduct connecting two parts of the Delaware & Hudson Canal (D&H), it has since been converted to carry automotive traffic and pedestrians.
- ^ Vogel, Robert M (1971). "Roebling's Delaware & Hudson Canal Aqueducts" (PDF). Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology. 10. City Of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press: 26–33. Retrieved 2014-05-12.