Upper Black Eddy - Milford Bridge
Location: Upper Black Eddy, PA & Milford, NJ Waterway Bridge Dimensions: 699' - 9 1/4" length and 23' - 6" wide Spans 228' - 0", 204 '- 0", and 220' - 0" Year: 1933 rebuilt on 1836 piers of previous bridge	Bridge Type: three span steel riveted Warren truss

Steel in superstructure includes 852 tons in the main bridge, 148 tons in the roadway floor, and 20 tons in the sidewalk.		The abutments and piers were recapped with reinforced concrete in 1933 .
Abutments are rubble faced masonry, built in 1842 .		The sidewalk is cantilevered outside the main truss structure. The sidewalk is 2" concrete filled steel tees.
Base of truss structures.		The bridge has a concrete filled steel roadway. The roadway is 3 1/2" steel "T-Tri-Lock" concrete filled grid.
Truss members have riveted laced sides.		The truss structure uses triangular structural elements.
The top of the bridge also uses triangulation.		Here is a bridge structures that cross above the roadway.

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