Center Bridge - Stockton Bridge
Location: Center Bridge, PA & Stockton, NJ Waterway: Delaware River & Delaware Canal (PA side) Bridge Dimensions: 148', 152', 100', 148' and 152' (starting in PA) Year: 1926	Bridge Type: Six span Warren truss structure

BRIDGE HISTORY

The Stockton Bridge was opened to traffic in the spring of 1814. There were several floods that damaged the Stockton Bridge. The flood of 1841 caused extensive damage to the bridge. During this flood, two piers and three spans were washed away; this was the highest record of a bridge being destroyed on the Delaware, up to that time.

On July 22, 1923 a fire completely destroyed the bridge. Fifteen firemen went down with the last span. No deaths resulted from the fire, but several firemen were badly injured. A famous painting by Edward Redfield, Bucks County impressionist, captured the fire scene. This painting is on display at the Michener Museum in Doylestown, PA.

In the year of 1927 a new bridge was opened to traffic. This bridge was constructed on the old piers after being encased in concrete.

BRIDGE STRUCTURES

This is a view from the PA approach to the bridge.		The 6' cantilevered sidewalk on the downstream side of the bridge has wooden planking which was replaced in 1990.
The clear roadway width is 20' - 0".		Detail of the top of the bridge is shown here.
Flange angles and web lacing bars combine to form the top lateral bracing.		Bolts are used to join bridge structures.
Truss diagonal details are shown here.		The trusses are 25 feet in height.
The roadway is a 5" open steel grid.		This view from the PA side of the bridge (looking north) of the frozen Delaware Canal is in the winter of 2001 .