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Kellams Bridge
Kellams Bridge
Coordinates	41°49′24″N 75°06′49″W / 41.82333°N 75.11361°W
Carries	1 lane
Crosses	Delaware River
Locale	Stalker, Pennsylvania, and Hankins, New York
Official name	Kellams Bridge
Other name(s)	Little Equinunk Bridge
Owner	New York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge Commission
Maintained by	New York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge Commission
Characteristics
Design	Underspanned suspension bridge
Total length	384 feet (117 m)
No. of spans	1
Piers in water	0
Clearance above	8 feet (2.4 m)
History
Construction end	1889
Opened	1890
Statistics
Toll	None
Location

The Kellams Bridge, also known as the Little Equinunk Bridge and Kellams–Stalker Bridge,^[1] is an underspanned suspension bridge spanning the Delaware River between Stalker, Pennsylvania, and Hankins, New York. It is the only bridge of its type in the United States.

History edit

The bridge was built by David Kellams in 1889 and opened in 1890. It was originally a toll bridge.^[2]

The bridge has historic significance as the last underspanned suspension bridge remaining in the United States. The deck of the bridge underwent major repairs in 1936, including replacement of the original wooden deck with the steel deck which remains today. The bridge was damaged by the June 2006 flooding of the Delaware River but was repaired in October 2006.

In 2018, as part of the Upper Delaware River bridge construction or renovation project, Kellams Bridge was temporarily closed for a $4.5 million renovation from March 5 to June 29 and then again from September 5 to November 15.

References edit

^ Tomaine, Bob (June 25, 1988). "At 98, Kellams–Stalker Bridge Closed for an Overhaul". The Times–Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. p. 2. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Engineering News, June 5, 1913, p. 1157