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Chain Bridge (Easton, Pennsylvania)

Historic bridge in Pennsylvania, United States

Field	Value
name	Change Bridge
image	Chain Bridge on Lehigh River, Easton PA 01.JPG
caption	Chain Bridge in Easton, Pennsylvania in August 2013.
nearest_city	Southwest of Glendon on Hugh Moore Parkway across the Lehigh River, Palmer Township and Williams Township, Pennsylvania
coordinates
locmapin	Pennsylvania#USA
built	1856-1857
builder	Douglas, E.A. (engineer), Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
added	February 12, 1974
area	5 acre
refnum	74001798

Chain Bridge or Change Bridge, also known as the Lehigh Canal Swinging Bridge and as Wire Towing Path at Pool No. 8, is a historic change bridge spanning the Lehigh River at Palmer Township and Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1856–1857, and consists of three stone piers and two spans. Each pier is approximately 30 feet high. In 1972, the bridge consisted of the piers and the cable.

The chain bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The NRHP listing included a 5 acre area. It is included within a large historic district, Lehigh Canal: Eastern Section Glendon and Abbott Street Industrial Sites, which has numerous other structures and buildings, and which was listed on the NRHP in 1979.

Gallery

File:Chain Bridge on Lehigh River, Easton PA 02.JPG|The central pier File:Chain Bridge on Lehigh River, Easton PA 04.JPG|The right pier

References

{{NRISref
Harry L. Rinker. (December 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Chain Bridge". National Archives and Records Administration.
"Chain Bridge". A National Register of Historic Places travel Itinerary.

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