Sunday, December 7, 2025

1844,1903+1931,2001 Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridges over the Delaware River

1844: (Archived Bridge Hunter link is broken; Bridge Hunter)
1931: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Historic BridgesSatellite)

drjtbc
"It carried an average of 4,200 vehicles per day in 2023. (The Bridge Commission’s average annual daily traffic counts can be viewed here: https://www.drjtbc.org/bridge-info/traffic-count/.)"

Postcard via BridgeHunter_1844
"Damaged in flood of 1903, two spans replaced with steel trusses"

Michael Quartararo posted three photos with the comment:
Uhlstertown-Frenchtown Bridge over the Delaware River
Pennsylvania on the left, New Jersey on the right
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HistoricBridges
"While the bridge has a roadway width that would usually be classified as one-lane, this bridge carries two narrow lanes of traffic. The safety of motorists is ensured by enforcing a slow 15mph speed limit and also eliminating trucks from using the bridge....A unique benefit of being owned by the toll commission, this bridge has its own bridgetender who guards the bridge against truck drivers who either cannot read or believe that weight limit signs are a form of joke. Many historic bridges have been damaged or destroyed by trucks who ignored weight limit signs and attempted to drive over the bridge."

Christopher R Hernandez posted five photos with the comment: ""Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge, Delaware River between Uhlerstown, PA & Frenchtown, NJ. Opened 1931.
Robert Hedden: https://www.drjtbc.org/bridges/uhlerstown-frenchtown/
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