{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox Bridge |bridge_name= Reedy Point Bridge |image= Reedy Point Bridge.jpg |image_size=300px |caption= Reedy Point Bridge |official_name= |also_known_as= |carries= 2 lanes of {{jct|state=DE|DE|9}} |crosses= Chesapeake & Delaware Canal |locale= Delaware City, Delaware |maint= U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |id= |design= Cantilever truss bridge |mainspan= |length= |width= |clearance= 135 feet |below= |traffic= |open= 1968 |closed= |toll= |map_cue= |map_image= |map_text= |map_width= |coordinates= {{Coord|39|33|30|N|75|34|57|W|region:US_type:landmark}} }}
The '''Reedy Point Bridge''' carries Delaware Route 9 across the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in Delaware City, Delaware, USA. A two-lane cantilever bridge similar in appearance to the Platt Bridge in Southwest Philadelphia (near Philadelphia International Airport), the Reedy Point Bridge was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1968, replacing a lift bridge that crossed the C&D Canal prior to the 1955 widening project. Unlike the nearby St. Georges Bridge, the Reedy Point Bridge spans over salt marshes at the southern approach (which subjects Delaware Route 9 to periodic tidal flooding), the canal itself, and both Fort Dupont and the Governor Bacon Health Center. An obsolete double-leaf bascule drawbridge, located just less than {{cvt|1/8|mi}} north of the northern abutment, allows Delaware Route 9 to cross over the Delaware Ship Channel (itself an abandoned section of the original C&D Canal) and is technically part of the Reedy Point Bridge system.<ref name= "swamp">{{cite news |last=Hoban |first=Jack |url= http://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/2014/07/16/crossroads-tour-da-swamp/12756117/ |title=Crossroads: The 'Tour da Swamp' |work=The News Journal |date=July 16, 2014 |access-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref> Both the high-level bridge and the drawbridge are maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.<ref name= "repairs">{{cite news |url= http://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/article_d22fa4de-5047-11e1-9a9f-0019bb2963f4.html |title=Reedy Point Bridge to close in April for months of repairs |work=Newark Post |date=February 5, 2012 |access-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, the old drawbridge was replaced with a fixed span.
From the top of the Reedy Point Bridge driving northbound, travelers may see points in three other states with Pennsylvania {{convert|12|mi}} straight ahead, New Jersey immediately across the Delaware River, and Maryland {{convert|8|mi}} to the left. Behind the Delaware Memorial Bridge on a clear day, travelers may see a glimpse of the two Comcast towers in Philadelphia. The bridge is visible on a clear day from the top floors of some skyscrapers in Philadelphia, about {{convert|35|mi}} away.
{{wide image|Reedy Point Bridge from New Jersey cropped.JPG|1500px|Reedy Point Bridge as seen from Elsinboro Township, New Jersey|alt=Panorama of a cantilever bridge}}
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Transport}} * {{Portal-inline|Engineering}} * List of crossings of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * [https://archive.today/20121211221328/http://portal.delaware.gov/pano_rpb/default.shtml 360° Panoramic View - Reedy Point Bridge]
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Category:Bridges completed in 1968 Category:Bridges in New Castle County, Delaware Category:Cantilever bridges in the United States Category:Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Category:Road bridges in Delaware Category:Truss bridges in the United States
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