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…

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 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…

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 Lumberville Bridge was the last wooden covered bridge to cross the Delaware River between Easton and Trenton. A sawmill originally sat on the Pennsylvania side of the bridge and in 1814, so the settlement was called Lumberville. The Lumberville…

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…

Another early wooden covered toll bridge over the Delaware River was the New Hope Delaware Bridge Company's link between New Hope and Lambertville. Designed by architect Lewis Wernwag using his own construction design, the bridge opened for business…

The Taylorsville Delaware Bridge Company built an 875 foot-long covered bridge at McConkey's Ferry in 1834 at the site where George Washington and the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River in December 1776. The first bridge was destroyed in an…

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 Trenton City Bridge Company built the Upper Trenton or Calhoun Street Bridge in 1861. It was about one mile north of the Lower Trenton Bridge. During the Civil War, the bridge was used to ferry troops and supplies for the war effort. The…

The second covered bridge built in America was designed by Theodore Burr. Built by the privately owned Trenton Delaware Bridge Company, the Lower Trenton or Decatur Street Bridge opened on January 30, 1806. The original bridge had five spans of wood…