# Summit Bridge

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This article is about the bridge. For the community, see [Summit Bridge, Delaware](/source/Summit_Bridge,_Delaware).

The **Summit Bridge** carries [Delaware Routes 71](/source/Delaware_Route_71) and [896](/source/Delaware_Route_896) across the [Chesapeake & Delaware Canal](/source/Chesapeake_%26_Delaware_Canal). The bridge also carries [Delaware Bicycle Route 1](/source/Delaware_Bicycle_Route_1), a bicycle route that spans the length of the state of Delaware, across the canal. The Summit Bridge opened to traffic on January 9, 1960, replacing a [lift bridge](/source/Lift_bridge). Before the bridge opened to traffic, a dedication ceremony was held, with U.S. Senator [J. Allen Frear Jr.](/source/J._Allen_Frear_Jr.) in attendance.[1] The Summit Bridge was the second four-lane high-level crossing in Delaware and was designed to carry an eventual [US 301](/source/U.S._Route_301_in_Delaware) freeway, however that planned freeway was never built on the alignment utilizing the Summit Bridge. US 301 did use the bridge when it was routed along surface roads from 1961 to 2019, at which time it was rerouted onto a new toll freeway. The current bridge replaces a former swing span structure that was demolished when the [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers](/source/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers) rerouted the canal to a new sea-level channel south of [Lums Pond State Park](/source/Lums_Pond_State_Park). A construction project on the approaches to the bridge was completed in Fall of 2012.

## See also

- [List of crossings of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal](/source/Chesapeake_%26_Delaware_Canal#Crossings)

## References

1. "New Year-And New Bridge Over The Canal". *Newark Post*. January 7, 1960. p. 1.

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