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This is a list of bridges, ferries, and other crossings of the Delaware River and Delaware Bay from the Atlantic Ocean upstream to the confluence of the East Branch and West Branch at Hancock, New York. There are no tunnels under the Delaware (excepting utilities), and no dams crossing the full width of its main stem.
Washington's Crossing is the location of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26, 1776 in the American Revolutionary War. This maneuver led to victory in the Battle of Trenton .
A 1777 map of the Delaware River area by William Faden depicting the route Washington and his Continental Army troops made during the complex and covert crossing of the river. There is no apostrophe in “the king’s troops,” although that was due to the lack of standardization.
"The Gap" as seen from the Delaware River Viaduct. The namesake feature of the recreation area is the prominent Delaware Water Gap, located at the area's southern end.The Delaware River runs through the gap, separating Pennsylvania's Mount Minsi on Blue Mountain, elevation 1,461 feet (445 m), from New Jersey's Mount Tammany on Kittatinny Mountain, elevation 1,527 feet (465 m).
The headwaters of the Delaware River, including the river's East and West Branches and other tributaries. The Delaware River's drainage basin has an area of 13,539 square miles (35,070 km 2) and encompasses 42 counties and 838 municipalities in five U.S. states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware.
The park includes the site of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River at Johnson's Ferry.This is where George Washington and a 2,400-man detachment of the Continental Army crossed the river overnight on December 25, 1776, and into the morning of December 26, 1776, to make a surprise attack on Trenton, a move that would prove to be a turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
The park was created in 1917 and the Washington Crossing Park Commission was established in 1919 to administer and develop the park. [5] Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. The park was formed to commemorate the famous Crossing as the "Turning point of the American Revolution." The commission's first objective was to ...
This is a route-map template for the Delaware River, a waterway in the United States. For a key to symbols, see {{ waterways legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .