The Yardleyville Delaware Bridge Company opened its toll bridge in 1835. The original bridge was 903 feet long with six spans. After 1859, churchgoers were allowed to use the bridge for free if they were going to and from services. The entire…

The Centre Bridge Company built the first version of a covered bridge between Center Bridge and Stockton in 1814. However, there were immediate construction problems with the bridge, including a faulty pier. The entire bridge was rebuilt in…

Today, only the piers of the old covered bridge at Point Pleasant between New Jersey and Pennsylvania remain visible in the Delaware River. The spot had been used to cross the river as early as 1739, when ferry service was established at the location…

The location of the Uhlerstown Bridge was at one of the earliest known ferry services across the Delaware River in Bucks County. The London Land Company operated a ferry there in 1741. Colonel Arthur Erwin later acquired the ferry, and it was…

The Milford Delaware Bridge Company completed its bridge over the Delaware River between Upper Black Eddy, Pa. and Milford, N.J. in January 1842. It was one of the shorter Delaware River covered bridges, at a total length of 681 feet. It also was a…

The Riegelsville Delaware Bridge Company opened its cross-river covered bridge in December 1837. At a length of 577 feet, the Burr-style bridge had three spans. A ferry had been first in service at the location in the 1770s. In 1806, Benjamin Riegel…