Senator William V. Roth Jr. Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 39°32′59″N 75°39′23″W / 39.549722°N 75.656501°W |
| Carries | 6 lanes of  DE 1 |
| Crosses | Chesapeake & Delaware Canal |
| Locale | St. Georges, Delaware |
| Other name(s) | Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge, New St. Georges Bridge |
| Maintained by | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 4,650 feet (1,417 m) |
| Width | 127 feet (39 m) |
| Longest span | 750 feet (229 m) |
| Clearance below | 138 feet (42.1 m) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1991 |
| Construction end | 1994 |
| Opened | December 23, 1995 |
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The Senator William V. Roth Jr. Bridge (originally the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge and also referred to as the Roth Bridge) is a concrete and steel cable-stayed bridge that spans the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal near St. Georges, Delaware. The bridge is located near a tolled section of Delaware Route 1 that runs parallel to the St. Georges Bridge carrying U.S. Route 13. In November 2006, the bridge was named after U.S. Senator William V. Roth Jr., who not only lent his name to the Roth IRA, but was instrumental in securing federal funding to build the bridge. It is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and does not carry a toll, despite the location of a nearby toll plaza.