The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States. It meets tide-water at Trenton, New Jersey. Its total length, from the head of the longest branch to the capes, is 410 miles (660 km), and above the head of the bay its length is 360 miles (579 km). It constitutes in part the boundary between Pennsylvania and New York, the boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and, for a few miles, the boundary between Delaware and New Jersey. The main, west or Mohawk branch rises in Schoharie County, New York, about 1886 feet (575 m) above the sea, and flows tortuously through the plateau in a deep trough until it emerges from the Catskills. Other branches rise in Greene County, New York and Delaware County, New York. In the upper portion of its course the varied scenery of its hilly and wooded banks is exquisitely beautiful. After leaving the mountains and plateau, the river flows down broad Appalachian valleys, skirts the Appalachian Mountains, which it crosses at the Delaware Water Gap, between nearly vertical walls of sandstone, and passes through a quiet and charming country of farm and forest, diversified with plateaus and escarpments, until it crosses the Appalachian plain and enters the hills again at Easton, Pennsylvania From this point it is flanked at intervals by fine hills, and in places by cliffs, of which the finest are the Hockamixon Rocks, 3 miles (5 km) long and above 200 feet (60 m) high. At Trenton there is a fall of 8 feet (2.4 m). Below Trenton the river becomes a broad, sluggish inlet of the sea, with many marshes along its side, widening steadily into its great estuary, Delaware Bay. Its main tributaries in New York are Mongaup River and Neversink River and Callicoon Creek; from Pennsylvania, Lackawaxen River, Lehigh River, and Schuylkill River; and from New Jersey, Rancocas Creek and Musconetcong River and Maurice River. Oldmans Creek and Raccoon Creek (New Jersey) creeks are tributaries in New Jersey. Commerce was once important on the upper river, but only before the beginning of railway competition (1857). The Delaware division of the Pennsylvania Canal, running parallel with the river from Easton to Bristol, was opened in 1830. A canal from Trenton to New Brunswick, New Jersey, called the Delaware & Raritan Canal, unites the waters of the Delaware and Raritan River; the Morris and the Delaware and Hudson canals connect the Delaware and Hudson River; and the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal joins the waters of the Delaware with those of the Chesapeake Bay. The mean tides below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are about 6 feet. The magnitude of the commerce of Philadelphia has made the improvements of the river below that port of great importance. Small improvements were attempted by Pennsylvania as early as 1771. In the “project of 1885“ the United States government undertook systematically the formation of a 26 ft (8 m) channel 600 ft (180 m) wide from Philadelphia to deep water in Delaware Bay. The River and Harbor Act of 1899 provided for a 30 foot (9 m) channel 600 feet (180 m) wide from Philadelphia to the deep water of the bay. ==Crossings== These crossings exist from south to north: *Cape May-Lewes Ferry (U.S. Highway 9 across Delaware Bay) *Delaware Memorial Bridge (Interstate 295 (New Jersey)/U.S. Highway 40) *Commodore Barry Bridge (U.S. Highway 322) *Walt Whitman Bridge (Interstate 76 (east)) *Benjamin Franklin Bridge (Interstate 676/U.S. Highway 30 and PATCO Speedline) *Delair Bridge (New Jersey Transit Atlantic City Line and Conrail Trenton Line (Conrail)) *Betsy Ross Bridge (New Jersey State Highway 90) *Tacony-Palmyra Bridge (New Jersey State Highway 73/Pennsylvania State Highway 73) *Burlington-Bristol Bridge (New Jersey State Highway 413/Pennsylvania State Highway 413) *Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge (Interstate 95/Interstate 276) *Amtrak Northeast Corridor *Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge (U.S. Highway 1) *Lower Trenton Bridge (U.S. Highway 1 Alternate (Trenton)) *Calhoun Street Bridge *CSX/Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority R3 (SEPTA) line *Scudder Falls Bridge (Interstate 95) *Washington Crossing Bridge (New Jersey County Highway 546/Pennsylvania State Highway 532) *New Hope-Lambertville Bridge (New Jersey State Highway 179/Pennsylvania State Highway 179) *New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge (U.S. Highway 202) *Centre Bridge-Stockton Bridge (New Jersey County Highway 523/Pennsylvania State Highway 263) *Lumberville-Raven Rock Bridge (pedestrian) *Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge (New Jersey State Highway 12) *Upper Black Eddy-Milford Bridge *Riegelsville Bridge *Interstate 78 Toll Bridge (Interstate 78) *Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line (Norfolk Southern) *Northampton Street Bridge *Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge (U.S. Highway 22) *Martins Creek Branch (PRR) (abandoned? railroad) *Roxburg Branch (PRR) (abandoned? railroad) *Riverton-Belvidere Bridge *Norfolk Southern? *Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge *Portland-Columbia Pedestrian Bridge *Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New Jersey Cutoff (abandoned) *Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge (Interstate 80) *Dingmans Ferry Bridge (New Jersey County Highway 560/Pennsylvania State Highway 739) *Milford-Montague Toll Bridge (US 206) ==See also== *Burlington County Bridge Commission *Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission *Delaware River Port Authority *Washington Crossing New Jersey rivers Pennsylvania rivers New York rivers Delaware rivers
kaitlyn do u know about this? i need help! == Bulega Whale == Did anyone hear about the Beluga Whale in the Delaware River? Their was a news article about the whale. Could someone add some information about the Beluga Whale spotting in the Delaware River? I thought it was a interesting fact so if anyone can add anything about the Beluga Whale go for it. --User:Contrib 16:21, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) I just read on Yahoo! News that Helis the Bulega Whale may have exited the Delaware River. If anyone adds anything about the bulega whale please let me know on my talk page. --User:Contrib 16:24, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States. It meets tide-water at Trenton, New Jersey. Its total length, from the head of the longest branch to the capes, is 410 miles (660 km), and above the head of the bay its length is 360 miles (579 km). It constitutes in part the boundary between Pennsylvania and New York, the boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and, for a few miles, the boundary between Delaware and New Jersey. The main, west or Mohawk branch rises in Schoharie County, New York, about 1886 feet (575 m) above the sea, and flows tortuously through the plateau in a deep trough until it emerges from the Catskills. Other branches rise in Greene County, New York and Delaware County, New York. In the upper portion of its course the varied scenery of its hilly and wooded banks is exquisitely beautiful. After leaving the mountains and plateau, the river flows down broad Appalachian valleys, skirts the Appalachian Mountains, which it crosses at the Delaware Water Gap, between nearly vertical walls of sandstone, and passes through a quiet and charming country of farm and forest, diversified with plateaus and escarpments, until it crosses the Appalachian plain and enters the hills again at Easton, Pennsylvania From this point it is flanked at intervals by fine hills, and in places by cliffs, of which the finest are the Hockamixon Rocks, 3 miles (5 km) long and above 200 feet (60 m) high. At Trenton there is a fall of 8 feet (2.4 m). Below Trenton the river becomes a broad, sluggish inlet of the sea, with many marshes along its side, widening steadily into its great estuary, Delaware Bay. Its main tributaries in New York are Mongaup River and Neversink River and Callicoon Creek; from Pennsylvania, Lackawaxen River, Lehigh River, and Schuylkill River; and from New Jersey, Rancocas Creek and Musconetcong River and Maurice River. Oldmans Creek and Raccoon Creek (New Jersey) creeks are tributaries in New Jersey. Commerce was once important on the upper river, but only before the beginning of railway competition (1857). The Delaware division of the Pennsylvania Canal, running parallel with the river from Easton to Bristol, was opened in 1830. A canal from Trenton to New Brunswick, New Jersey, called the Delaware & Raritan Canal, unites the waters of the Delaware and Raritan River; the Morris and the Delaware and Hudson canals connect the Delaware and Hudson River; and the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal joins the waters of the Delaware with those of the Chesapeake Bay. The mean tides below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are about 6 feet. The magnitude of the commerce of Philadelphia has made the improvements of the river below that port of great importance. Small improvements were attempted by Pennsylvania as early as 1771. In the “project of 1885“ the United States government undertook systematically the formation of a 26 ft (8 m) channel 600 ft (180 m) wide from Philadelphia to deep water in Delaware Bay. The River and Harbor Act of 1899 provided for a 30 foot (9 m) channel 600 feet (180 m) wide from Philadelphia to the deep water of the bay. ==Crossings== These crossings exist from south to north: *Cape May-Lewes Ferry (U.S. Highway 9 across Delaware Bay) *Delaware Memorial Bridge (Interstate 295 (New Jersey)/U.S. Highway 40) *Commodore Barry Bridge (U.S. Highway 322) *Walt Whitman Bridge (Interstate 76 (east)) *Benjamin Franklin Bridge (Interstate 676/U.S. Highway 30 and PATCO Speedline) *Delair Bridge (New Jersey Transit Atlantic City Line and Conrail Trenton Line (Conrail)) *Betsy Ross Bridge (New Jersey State Highway 90) *Tacony-Palmyra Bridge (New Jersey State Highway 73/Pennsylvania State Highway 73) *Burlington-Bristol Bridge (New Jersey State Highway 413/Pennsylvania State Highway 413) *Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge (Interstate 95/Interstate 276) *Amtrak Northeast Corridor *Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge (U.S. Highway 1) *Lower Trenton Bridge (U.S. Highway 1 Alternate (Trenton)) *Calhoun Street Bridge *CSX/Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority R3 (SEPTA) line *Scudder Falls Bridge (Interstate 95) *Washington Crossing Bridge (New Jersey County Highway 546/Pennsylvania State Highway 532) *New Hope-Lambertville Bridge (New Jersey State Highway 179/Pennsylvania State Highway 179) *New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge (U.S. Highway 202) *Centre Bridge-Stockton Bridge (New Jersey County Highway 523/Pennsylvania State Highway 263) *Lumberville-Raven Rock Bridge (pedestrian) *Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge (New Jersey State Highway 12) *Upper Black Eddy-Milford Bridge *Riegelsville Bridge *Interstate 78 Toll Bridge (Interstate 78) *Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line (Norfolk Southern) *Northampton Street Bridge *Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge (U.S. Highway 22) *Martins Creek Branch (PRR) (abandoned? railroad) *Roxburg Branch (PRR) (abandoned? railroad) *Riverton-Belvidere Bridge *Norfolk Southern? *Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge *Portland-Columbia Pedestrian Bridge *Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad New Jersey Cutoff (abandoned) *Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge (Interstate 80) *Dingmans Ferry Bridge (New Jersey County Highway 560/Pennsylvania State Highway 739) *Milford-Montague Toll Bridge (US 206) ==See also== *Burlington County Bridge Commission *Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission *Delaware River Port Authority *Washington Crossing New Jersey rivers Pennsylvania rivers New York rivers Delaware rivers
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kaitlyn do u know about this? i need help! == Bulega Whale == Did anyone hear about the Beluga Whale in the Delaware River? Their was a news article about the whale. Could someone add some information about the Beluga Whale spotting in the Delaware River? I thought it was a interesting fact so if anyone can add anything about the Beluga Whale go for it. --User:Contrib 16:21, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) I just read on Yahoo! News that Helis the Bulega Whale may have exited the Delaware River. If anyone adds anything about the bulega whale please let me know on my talk page. --User:Contrib 16:24, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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