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Thompson's Station Bridge, Spanning White Clay Creek on Chambers Rock Road (N329), Newark, New Castle County, DE

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Thompson's Station Bridge, Spanning White Clay Creek on Chambers Rock Road (N329), Newark, New Castle County, DE

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Summary

Significance: Thompson's Station Bridge (State Bridge 216) is one of six intact historic metal highway truss bridges in Delaware. With its Warren pony truss configuration, Thompson's Station Bridge is typical of the small spans built along local roadways in rural areas throughout the country in response to increasing traffic in the late 19th and early 20th century. In addition, structures like Thompson's Station Bridge played a vital role in the economic development of rural areas during the last quarter of the 19th century and well into the 20th century, as local transportation networks underwent initial phases of development.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1496
Survey number: HAER DE-37
Building/structure dates: 1928 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1987 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Grubb, Charles E
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
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Location

Newark (Del.)39.68372, -75.74966
Google Map of 39.6837226, -75.74965720000002
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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