1904,2010 Riegelsville Bridge over Delaware Bridge at Riegelsville, PA

(Bridge Hunter broke Mar 22, 2023; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Bridges Now and Then posted
Bucks County, Pennsylvania's, Riegelsville Bridge as it appeared in 1952. (Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission)

The "No Horses" sign caught my eye. This must be a Pennsylvania Amish area. The clearance warning sign reads 11' 6".

Street View, Jul 2019

drjtbc
"Current bridge is the third oldest existing superstructure in the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s 20-bridge system....Average Annual Daily Traffic – 3,200 vehicles (both directions)...The structure’s total length is 580 feet 10 inches.  Each of the bridge’s three spans vary in length.  The clear roadway width is 15 feet, 11 inches between steel rubrails.  The two travel lanes are each 7 feet, 11-1/2 inches wide.  The bridge has a three-ton weight limit....The Commission posts bridge monitors at the bridge on a 24/7 basis to prevent crossings of overweight/oversized vehicles on the unique multi-catenary weight-restricted suspension bridge."

"A timber-plank sidewalk is supported by a king post floor beam system, cantilevered on both ends of the bridge. The sidewalk railing is actually a double-warren truss, assisting in strengthening the bridge roadway. The substructure, masonry piers originally built in 1835, were raised and built up in 1904. The pier nearest the Pennsylvania approach was almost completely demolished in the flood of 1936 and was subsequently rebuilt using reinforced concrete. The bridge is currently posted for a three-ton weight limit and a 15 MPH speed limit." [RiverExplorer]

"The bridge over the Delaware River here is one of the few remaining multi-span, highway suspension bridges with continuous cables....It pulls on anchors attached to each riverbank and was designed by John A. Roebling & Sons of Trenton, New Jersey." [DelawareAndLehigh]

Street View, Apr 2023

While looking for street views for the bridge, I noticed this building.  I have to wonder if this was a train depot. The Pennsylvania Railroad was on this side of the river, and there was no railroad on the other side. The Railroad is now the  Belvidere & Delaware River RR.

Street View, Apr 2023