Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct

Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct
	The restored bridge, in 2011
Coordinates	41°28′57″N 74°59′04″W / 41.482571°N 74.9844105°W
Carries	Motor vehicles, pedestrians
Crosses	Delaware River
Locale	Minisink Ford, New York to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania
Other name(s)	Roebling Bridge
Maintained by	National Park Service
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Total length	535 feet (163 m)
History
Opened	1849
Location

Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, also known as the Roebling Bridge, is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.^[1] It runs 535 feet (163 meters) over the Delaware River, from Minisink Ford, New York, to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1849 as an aqueduct connecting two parts of the Delaware & Hudson Canal (D&H), it has since been converted to carry automotive traffic and pedestrians.

^ Vogel, Robert M (1971). "Roebling's Delaware & Hudson Canal Aqueducts" (PDF). Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology. 10. City Of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press: 26–33. Retrieved 2014-05-12.