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New York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge Commission
The New York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge Commission, or simply the Joint Interstate Bridge Commission, is an interstate agency jointly owned by the states of New York and Pennsylvania. The commission was formed in 1919 by the two states to manage the crossings of the Delaware River that connected them. It currently maintains and operates 10 toll-free bridges from the New Jersey–Pennsylvania state line to the end of Pennsylvania and New York's shared border along the Delaware River. History In 1919, an idea for a commission to manage the bridges between New York and Pennsylvania was proposed by state officials. A meeting was called by the New York Commission in May 1919 to establish the New York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge Commission. Promptly, the existing bridges spanning the Delaware River were examined so that their value could be assessed and they could be purchased. Within the next five years, almost all of the existing bridges spanning the Delawa ...
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New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a U.S. state, state in the northeastern United States. Bordered by New England to the east, Canada to the north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, its territory extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. New York is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, fourth-most populous state in the United States, with nearly 20 million residents, and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 27th-largest state by area, with a total area of . New York has Geography of New York (state), a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate New York, Downstate, encompasses New York City, the List of U.S. cities by population, most populous city in the United States; Long Island, with approximately 40% of the state's population, the nation's most populous island; and the cities, suburbs, and wealthy enclaves of the lower Hudson Valley. These areas are the center of the expansive New ...
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Callicoon (CDP), New York
Callicoon is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Delaware, Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 206 at the 2020 census. Callicoon is in the western part of the county in the Delaware, New York, Town of Delaware and along the Delaware River. History Callicoon got its name from Dutch hunters who settled in the location in the 1600s. Because of the population of wild turkeys in the area, they named the community "''Kollikoonkill"'' which translates into ''Wild Turkey Creek''. In addition to animal abundance, the area was a source for lumber and a transport center with the Delaware River offering access to coastal cities to the south and east. In the 1840s, the Erie Railroad added to transportation by passing through along the banks of the Delaware River to link the Great Lakes with the East Coast of the United States, East Coast. Because of the train station's vital central location, the community was renamed ''Call ...
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Narrowsburg–Darbytown Bridge
The Narrowsburg–Darbytown Bridge is an arch under bridge spanning the Delaware River between Darbytown, Pennsylvania and Narrowsburg, New York. It carries Pennsylvania Route 652 and New York State Route 52. Narrowsburg is located in the town of Tusten, but the hamlet along the river's edge is known as Narrowsburg because it is the narrowest part of the River. In either 1810 or 1830, the Narrowsburg Bridge Company obtained a charter to construct a across the narrows, and to charge a toll for its use. The rates of passage were 37 ½ cents for a one-horse wagon, $1 for 4 horses, and 6 cents for a person walking: to put this in perspective, a good laborer could earn one dollar for a full day's work (12–15 hours). The bridge became part of a transportation system, which included the Mount Hope–Lumberland Turnpike, chartered in 1812. This pike ran from Orange County, New York to Honesdale, Pennsylvania and in many places was reinforced by a plank road. Ice and hig ...
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Skinners Falls, New York
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Milanville, Pennsylvania
Milanville is a village in Damascus Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Geography Milanville is located along the Delaware River and the New York border north of Narrowsburg, New York Narrowsburg is a hamlet (and a census-designated place) in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 379 at the 2020 census. Narrowsburg is in the western part of the Town of Tusten at the junction of Routes 52 and 97. His .... References Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{WayneCountyPA-geo-stub ...
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Skinners Falls–Milanville Bridge
The Skinners Falls–Milanville Bridge was a bridge spanning the Delaware River between Milanville, Pennsylvania, Milanville, Damascus Township, Pennsylvania and the Hamlet (New York), hamlet of Skinners Falls in Cochecton, New York. The long Baltimore truss bridge carried traffic of Calkins Road (State Route 1002) in Milanville and Skinners Falls Road in Cochecton over a single wooden lane of traffic until its final closure in October 2019. The bridge was one of two bridges on the National Register of Historic Places along the river in Sullivan County, New York, Sullivan County (the other being Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct), and was a contributing member of the Milanville Historic District. Replacing a ferry run by descendants of the Skinner family, the Milanville Bridge Company came into existence in May 1901 to establish a new bridge between the two communities. After facing local opposition from competing bridges along the river, the bridge, built by the Amer ...
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