St. Georges: (John A Weeks III; Satellite)
Chesapeake City: (John A Weeks III; Satellite)These are the two tied-arch bridges on the C&D Canal. These bridges replaced lift bridges that were built when the sea-level canal was built by 1927. The canal and ships had grown large enough that the lift bridges became a "hazard to navigation." That is, ships kept alliding with the bridges. And the lift bridges had a tendency to get stuck. So these bridges were built in the 1940s with the piers on the banks of the canal, out of harm's way. But the piers are now back in the canal because it was widened from 250' to 450' in the 1960 and 70s. [John Weeks and Dennis DeBruler]
St. Georges Bridge:
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Chesapeake City Bridge:
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| Dann Marine Towing posted Check out this week's feature photo!!! M/V Ivory Coast towing the empty Cement Transporter 6500 Eastbound through C&D Canal enroute to South Jersey Port - Camden, NJ. Photo credit: Hunter Dann |
The tug is going under the Chesapeake City Bridge because these are the houses in the right background of that photo.
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| Street View, Aug 2016 |
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