| Approaching the Roebling Aqueduct from PA 590.
This is the turn for Lackawaxen- there rilly isn’t much “BUSINESS” here... |
| Right to “BUSINESS” here looking at the aqueduct from the PA shore. |
| The PA sign for the Aqueduct. |
| A look at the icebreakers on the aqueduct. |
| Looking at the Delaware.
we got a great deal of rain on 28th October, which is why the river was high. |
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| The Toll House on the NY Shore, which houses a small exhibit;
including some scary lookin’ snaps of the aqueduct as a privately owned toll bridge. |
| Looking west across the Aqueduct.
Only one direction can pass at a time- that’s controlled by YIELD signs; it used to be controlled by traffic lights. Those were above where the signs are now. |
| The NY sign for the aqueduct. |
| This old cast iron Historic sign is in need of of paint, I say. |
| Looking north, then south on NY 97.
The Minisink Battlefield is close, and may get a look in future. |
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| A look at the aqueduct from the NY shore in an artsy-fartsy stylee. |
| An old relief canal along the Delaware. |
| This wasn’t here the last time-this is still empty-
it looks just put up. Prolly a restaurant or something. |
| Mike Traverse checks in with three crucial historic photos from 1983:
These all look west from the PA Shore. This was after it was closed to traffic. | |
| Looking straight across the span towards NY.
You can see the toll house at right. Note the exposed cables. |
| Two looks at the bridge. The second one gives a better look at the NY shore. The current state of the bridge resembles the original aqueduct; and here you can see how it was deconstructed to make it into a bridge. Note the large building at right, which is in the same location as the new building above. |
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| Another look at the Delaware.
This doesn't catch the wildness of the river on this day. It was flowing fast. |
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| The Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen. Also noted for future exploration. |
| Partying like it’s 1899 in this long shot from a landing
On the PA shore of the Delaware in Lackawaxen. |
| I saw this railway bridge and figured it was worth a look. |
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| Grampa-camming it here. Look at the huge eye-and-bolt assemblies. |
| A close up of an eye-and-bolt assembly. Imagine rivetting this thing together. |
| Up close and personal. I shot this from the first pier-about 6’ above ground level. |
| Here’s where the bridge is attached to said pier. |
| This looks like newer bracing. The abutment behind it looks dodgy. |
| “Pardon me boys, I have to phone!”
Pre-Cellular coin-operated telecommunications device enclosure. The door glass was gone as was the phone(obviously), oddly the light globe is intact. |
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| Driving across the Roebling Aqueduct into NY.
Imagine this full of water. You’d need a submarine for this view. It won’t hold water now- there’s open space between the walls and deck. |
| Now to Barryville!
This is most of the new bridge. That sine to the right was a cause of misfortune to some poor sod in a Honda, It blew over, and he hit it, ruining his tyre and bumper. Adam and I heard the noise while looking at the old bridge from the NY Shore. |
| The old Erie Railway overpass on southbound PA 434. This is an active line, by the way. |
| And northbound, The old bridge is framed nicely in the distance. |
| Approaching the new bridge... |
| ...and leaving it on the NY side-this is the END of PA 434. |
| A shot of the old truss bridge from the NY shore.
This was shot about when the guy got attacked by the road sine. |
| This is the same sine as 2k4. You wanted to see it again. Admit it. |
| Take a good look at this sine. I don’t think it will be replaced. There was also a PA 434 marker near here. That’s gone, too. |
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| Flood debris on the NY shore. |
| Looking east across the old bridge. |
| Traffic lights-these were up because traffic was reduced to one lane to fit the new bridge in. This truss bridge is doomed, It will have to be torn down for the new bridge to be built out to full width. |
| Look how close the girder of the new bridge comes to the old.
That’s not the outside girder, either. |
| Eastbound signals for the short one-lane bit. |
| Shots of the new bridge, on foot, eastbound.
This is after we found out what had happened to the guy in the Honda. We also found the sine that attacked him, but he’d split before we could tell him. So it goes. Enjoy this juxtaposition of new and old. It won’t last. In point of fact, I’d been thru here a week and a half earlier and the truss was still open. The bridge is pretty obviously incomplete, there's no railing on the wall; The Jersey wall on the other side is temporary, and you can see exposed re-bar where the deck will be extended. |
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| A little intermediate perspective on this project here,
courtesy of Doug Kerr. This snap was taken on 29th May 2k6 from the NY Shore. |
