Hand-operated railroad bridge (closed) (Lewes, Delaware)
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Delaware /
Lewes /
Lewes, Delaware
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abandoned / shut down, railway bridge
Owner by Delaware Coast Line Railroad (DCLR)
The bridge suffered from an abutment settling in 2017 rendering it unusable and trapping a number of cars at a customer on the east side. DCLR declared repairs to be not economically viable and the line east of Georgetown was slated for abandonment.
The bridge suffered from an abutment settling in 2017 rendering it unusable and trapping a number of cars at a customer on the east side. DCLR declared repairs to be not economically viable and the line east of Georgetown was slated for abandonment.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°46'24"N 75°8'1"W
- CSX Susquehanna River Bridge 122 km
- Amtrak Gunpower River Bridge 126 km
- West Philadelphia Elevated aka the High Line 133 km
- Valley Flyover 135 km
- Delair Movable Bridge 135 km
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad (Norfolk Southern) Bridge 223 km
- Cumberland Valley Rail Bridge (abandoned) 224 km
- D.L.&.W cross over L&HR 230 km
- Site of Albemarle Sound Railroad Bridge 334 km
- Neuse River Trestle 440 km
- Breakwater 1.5 km
- Wolfe Runne 1.8 km
- The Great Dune 2.5 km
- Cape Henlopen State Park 2.7 km
- Campground at CHSP 3.3 km
- Cape Henlopen (aka "The Pont") 4.6 km
- Gordon's Pond 4.7 km
- Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred 8 km
- Sussex County, Delaware 23 km
- Delaware Bay 39 km