Oldest Bridges in Delaware

The oldest bridge in Delaware is the Rising Sun Lane over Brandywine Creek in New Castle County, built in 1900, and it still carries about 2,100 vehicles a day.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in Delaware, one timeline

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1Rising Sun Lane over Brandywine CreekDE · 1900 · 2.1k/day 2Augustine Cutoff over Brandywine CreekDE · 1900 · 9.6k/day 3Lancaster Pk/sr48 over Csx RailroadDE · 1900 · 24k/day 4Fourth ST over Csx RailroadDE · 1900 · 99/day 5Lovering AVE over Pedestrian PathDE · 1900 · 9.8k/day 6S.w. Front ST over Mispillion RiverDE · 1900 · 99/day 7Vanburen Street over Brandywine Creek&flumeDE · 1906 · 99/day 8Market ST / Us13 B over Shellpot CreekDE · 1910 · 9.6k/day 9Willow ST over Records PondDE · 1910 · 99/day 10Dupont Blvd/us113 over Wartons BranchDE · 1911 · 24k/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in Delaware by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre—

1900s'00—

1910s'10—

1920s'203%

1930s'302%

1940s'405%

1950s'502%

148

1960s'602%

115

1970s'703%

1980s'800%

158

1990s'900%

2000s'000%

109

2010s'100%

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 870 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible.

The Oldest Bridges in Delaware

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Rising Sun Lane over Brandywine Creek	New Castle	1900	1995	Masonry	2,103	Fair
Augustine Cutoff over Brandywine Creek	New Castle	1900	1980	Steel Continuous	9,627	Fair
Lancaster Pk/sr48 over Csx Railroad	New Castle	1900	1978	Steel	23,743	Good
Fourth ST over Csx Railroad	New Castle	1900	1979	Steel	99	Fair
Lovering AVE over Pedestrian Path	New Castle	1900		Concrete	9,804	Fair
S.w. Front ST over Mispillion River	Kent	1900		Concrete Continuous	99	Fair
Vanburen Street over Brandywine Creek&flume	New Castle	1906	1998	Prestressed Concrete	99	Fair
Market ST / Us13 B over Shellpot Creek	New Castle	1910	1995	Concrete	9,580	Fair
Willow ST over Records Pond	Sussex	1910		Concrete	99	Good
Dupont Blvd/us113 over Wartons Branch	Sussex	1911	1965	Concrete	23,985	Fair
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
Old Milltown Rd. over Mill Creek	New Castle	1913	1999	Steel	11,553	Fair
Poplar ST over Broad Creek	Sussex	1915	1996	Steel Continuous	3,164	Fair
New Road over Waterway	New Castle	1917	2000	Prestressed Concrete	626	Fair
New Road over Little Mill Creek	New Castle	1917	2000	Prestressed Concrete	1,317	Fair
Guyencourt Rd. over Reading Rr	New Castle	1918	1982	Wood or Timber	537	Fair
Pennsylvania /sr52 over Waterway & Abandon R.r.	New Castle	1919	2006	Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	16,691	Fair
South State ST over Tidbury Branch	Kent	1919	1958	Concrete	9,355	Fair
State ST over Isaac Branch-moores Lake	Kent	1919	1957	Concrete	11,225	Fair
Bridgeville Hgwy over Clear Brook	Sussex	1919		Concrete	3,966	Fair
Old Furnace Rd. over Nanticoke River	Sussex	1919		Concrete	4,583	Fair
Dupont Pkw/us13 SB over Blackbird Creek	New Castle	1920		Concrete	11,020	Poor
Dupont HWY SB over Murderkill River	Kent	1920	2001	Prestressed Concrete	12,269	Good
Rd104/kenton RD over Mudstone Branch	Kent	1920	1934	Concrete	6,536	Fair
Seashore Hy/sr18 over Nanticoke River	Sussex	1920	1962	Concrete Continuous	11,140	Fair
Laurel RD over James Branch	Sussex	1920		Concrete	6,064	Fair
County Seat Hy/us9 over Tyndall Branch	Sussex	1920	1995	Concrete	6,883	Fair
Creek Rd/sr82 over Red Clay Creek	New Castle	1922	2002	Concrete	2,428	Fair
Faulkland RD over Hyde Run	New Castle	1922		Steel	3,319	Fair
Old Baltimore Pike over Christina Creek	New Castle	1922		Concrete	12,169	Fair
Washington St. over Brandywine Ck Conrail	New Castle	1922	2000	Concrete	10,601	Fair
Dupont Hwy/us13 over Army Creek	New Castle	1922	1975	Concrete	40,517	Fair
Milford-harrington over Browns Branch	Kent	1922	2001	Concrete	7,277	Good
Seashore Highway over Collins Mill Pond	Sussex	1922	1962	Concrete	10,964	Good
Seashore Highway over Deep Creek	Sussex	1922	1965	Steel	13,664	Good
Central AVE over Broad Creek	Sussex	1923	2019	Prestressed Concrete	5,984	Fair
Rockland RD over Wilson Run	New Castle	1925	2005	Prestressed Concrete	64,449	Fair
Kennett Pike/sr52 over Waterway	New Castle	1925		Concrete	12,820	Fair
16th ST over Brandywine River	New Castle	1925	1995	Prestressed Concrete	99	Fair
Old Dupont Rd. over Little Mill Creek	New Castle	1926	2000	Steel	5,558	Good
Papermill Rd/sr 72 over Pike Creek	New Castle	1926	2007	Concrete	15,802	Good
Glasgow Ave. over Muddy Run	New Castle	1926	1998	Other	11,825	Good
Front ST over Nanticoke River	Sussex	1926	1992	Steel	8,015	Fair
Bear Corbitt RD over Red Lion Creek	New Castle	1927		Concrete	5,593	Fair
Clayton Delaney RD over Paw Paw Branch	New Castle	1927	1965	Steel	943	Fair
South Market ST over Christina River	New Castle	1927	1982	Steel	28,795	Fair
Rising Sun Lane over Brandywine Creek	New Castle	1928	1979	Steel	2,103	Fair
Chambers Rock RD over White Clay Creek	New Castle	1928	1995	Steel	3,582	Good
SR 299/main Street over Appoquinimink River	New Castle	1928	1991	Steel Continuous	3,582	Fair
North Market ST over Brandywine Creek	New Castle	1928	2002	Steel	12,035	Fair
Hemping RD over Marshyhope Creek	Kent	1928	1969	Steel	85	Fair
Yorklyn RD over Red Clay Creek	New Castle	1929	1990	Steel	4,402	Fair
Dupont HWY / Us13s over Leipsic River	Kent	1929	1986	Concrete	13,623	Fair
Rehoboth Blvd. over Mispillion River	Kent	1929	1996	Steel	8,098	Fair
Fawn RD over Nanticoke River	Sussex	1930		Steel	931	Fair
Old Capital Trail over Red Clay Creek	New Castle	1931	1989	Steel	10,072	Fair
Maryland Ave/sr4 over Little Mill Creek	New Castle	1931		Concrete	17,909	Fair
Silver Lake Rd. over Silver Lake Spillwy	New Castle	1931	1939	Steel	5,932	Good
Whiteleysburg RD over Marshyhope Ditch	Kent	1931	1957	Concrete	1,923	Good
Cods Road over Slaughter Creek	Sussex	1931		Steel	78	Poor
Rockland RD over Husbands Run	New Castle	1932	1993	Concrete	4,296	Fair
Northeast BLVD over Brandywine River	New Castle	1932	1994	Steel	16,007	Fair
Zoar Rd. over Morris Mill Pond	Sussex	1932		Concrete	6,149	Fair
Clendaniel Pond RD over Clendaniel Pond	Sussex	1932		Concrete	1,276	Fair
Rockland RD over Brandywine Creek	New Castle	1933	1993	Steel	4,319	Fair
Adams Dam RD over Wilson Run	New Castle	1933	1998	Prestressed Concrete	4,319	Fair
Us13nb/dupont Pky over Drawyers Creek	New Castle	1933	1991	Prestressed Concrete	28,234	Fair
Alley Mill RD over Paw Paw Branch	New Castle	1933		Concrete	951	Fair
Dupont Pky/us13 NB over Blackbird Creek	New Castle	1933		Concrete	11,021	Fair
Brenford RD over Masseys Pond/leipsic Riv	Kent	1933		Concrete	1,602	Fair
Washington ST over Mispillion River	Kent	1933	2012	Steel	99	Good
Old Furnace Rd. over Deep Creek	Sussex	1933		Steel	3,325	Fair
Carr RD over Shellpot Creek	New Castle	1934	2017	Steel	1,896	Fair
Governr Prntz BLVD over Stoney Creek	New Castle	1934	2003	Prestressed Concrete	5,255	Good
Gov Printz BLVD over Shellpot Creek	New Castle	1934	2000	Prestressed Concrete	9,626	Fair
Dupont HWY / Us13n over Little Duck Creek	Kent	1934	1986	Concrete Continuous	13,624	Fair
Loockerman ST over St. Jones River	Kent	1934		Concrete	7,666	Fair
Kenton RD over Cahoon Brook	Kent	1934		Concrete	6,553	Good
Kenton Rd/sr15 over Fork Branch	Kent	1934		Concrete	5,372	Good
Redden Rd. over Gravelly Branch	Sussex	1934	1961	Steel	2,950	Fair
Grears Corner Rd. over Barlow Branch	New Castle	1935		Concrete	2,266	Fair
Gov. Printz BLVD over Hollyoak Creek	New Castle	1935	1940	Steel	4,867	Fair
Newport Gap Pike over Hyde Run	New Castle	1936	2000	Concrete	13,392	Fair
Summit Bridge RD over Cattail Branch	New Castle	1936	1948	Steel	7,273	Fair
S. College AVE over Amtrak & Conrail	New Castle	1936	1986	Steel	16,840	Fair
Beach Hgwy / SR 16 over Nanticoke River	Sussex	1936	1957	Steel	9,027	Fair
Main St/christiana over Christina River	New Castle	1937	1997	Steel	4,121	Fair
North State ST over Silver Lake	Kent	1937		Concrete	13,072	Fair
S. Walnut St/us13 over Norfolk Southern	New Castle	1938	1994	Prestressed Concrete	25,312	Fair
Bayard Ave./sr1a over Silver Lake	Sussex	1938	1995	Wood or Timber	6,130	Fair
Snuff Mill RD over Barrows Run	New Castle	1939	2004	Steel	1,067	Fair
Creek Rd/sr82 over Red Clay Creek	New Castle	1939		Steel	2,428	Fair
Kirkwood Hwy/sr2 over Chestnut Run	New Castle	1939	2002	Concrete	29,701	Good
Kirkwood Hwy/sr2 over Little Mill Creek	New Castle	1939	1998	Concrete	27,573	Good
Silver Lake Rd. over Silver Lake Spillway	New Castle	1939		Concrete	5,932	Good
John J Williams Hy over Burton Prong	Sussex	1939		Concrete	18,035	Good
Kirkwood Hwy/sr2 over Red Clay Creek & Rr	New Castle	1940	1988	Steel Continuous	20,030	Fair
Kirkwood Hwy/sr2 over Red Clay Creek & Rr	New Castle	1940	1988	Steel Continuous	20,030	Fair
Dupont Hwy/us13 over Mill Creek	Kent	1940		Concrete	23,499	Good
Stein Hwy/sr20 over Norfolk Southern	Sussex	1940	1996	Steel	15,824	Fair

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