1938,1990,2015 US-22 (Bushkill Street) Bridge over Delaware River at Easton, PA

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Street View, Jul 2019

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The 540' (165m) Petit truss span "was one of the longest simple span highway truss bridges in the United States when it opened." It was "the first of seven toll bridges constructed and operated by the Commission."

The truck provides scale for the truss.

Street View from Northampton Street Bridge, Aug 2024

Street View, Oct 2021

Metrotrails posted

Rt 22/Bushkill Street Bridge in Easton Pennsylvania. 

The 550 foot [168m] Metal 18 Panel Multiple-type-connected Pennsylvania Fixed Through Truss bridge spans the Delaware River with a single main span. Completed in 1938 by Bethlehem Steel Company, the bridge was dubbed Bushkill Street Bridge because it originally lined up with that street.

After the Flood of 1955, when both sides of the Delaware swelled over the highway alignment, a project to raise each side was undertaken, which meant the demolition of several blocks of buildings, most significantly on the north side of Bushkill Street in Easton.

Especially when coming from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, take note of the abrupt shift to the right at the end, and the oft overlooked history of the highway alignment becomes apparent.

Metrotrails shared

HistoricBridges

This truss design is a unique combination of the old and new. The pin-connected eye bars for the diagonal and lower-chord tension members is the old. HistoricBridges speculates "it must have been one of the last truss bridges to use pins as a primary connection type." But the use of box girders instead of v-lacing or lattice in its built-up beams is new. Box beams did not become common until after WWII. I think this is the only span for which I have used the label "bridgeTrussPin" and "bridgeTruss" for the same span.

Street View, Jul 2019