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PA-592-6

3/4 View from SW of Free Bridge

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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PA-592-7

3/4 from SW

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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PA-592-8

3/4 view from SE

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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PA-592-9

3/4 view from SE

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PA-592-10

Detail of west end

Photo by Joseph Elliott, Summer-Fall 1999, for HAER

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PA-592-11

West end detail

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PA-592-12

West end, looking NE

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Trenton Makes Night

Lower Trenton Free Bridge at night

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Delaware River on Alt US 1 in Morrisville
Location
Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1928; rehabilitated 1969
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 1,021.0 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.6 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Trenton Makes Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.21000, -74.76833   (decimal degrees)
40°12'36" N, 74°46'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/519714/4451091 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Trenton West
Inventory numbers
PA 09 7409 9991 0020 (Pennsylvania bridge number)
BH 30533 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection

Categories 

Bucks County, Pennsylvania (81)
Built 1928 (530)
Built during 1920s (4,127)
Delaware River (34)
Lincoln Highway (49)
Morrisville, Pennsylvania (4)
NR-eligible (2,574)
Open (21,823)
Owned by state (6,645)
Pennsylvania (1,701)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,031)
Through truss (5,419)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (715)
Truss (16,067)
US 1 (52)
Warren truss (741)

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Lower Trenton Bridge
Posted September 22, 2008, by Ian Anderson (macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com)

I have some pictures of this bridge here that can be posted if you like. Also, it should be noted that this bridge used to be four lanes some time ago, two lanes in each truss "barrel." Also, the bridge was just rehabilitated again in 2005, making both directions of traffic to use on barrel at a time. The bridge house has since been replaced too, after a car crashed through the old one.

The bridge is posted at a five ton weight limit, despite its hefty structure compared to other local truss bridges.

Here's the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission's page on the bridge:

http://www.drjtbc.org/default.aspx?pageid=84

The first picture (7783) is going over the steel girder approach over NJ Route 29, leaving Jersey and going into PA.

The second picture (7784) is going across the first span.

The third picture (7785) is looking upstream between the truss spans at the pedestrian railing and the concrete road barrier. The Calhoun Street Bridge can barely be seen in the background.

The fourth picture (7786) is between the first and second spans, headed into PA.

The last picture (7787) is the portal on the PA side.

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