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===Projects=== [[File:D&H Canal Neversink Aqueduct abutment.jpg|thumb|250px|right|{{center|Remaining abutment of the D&H Neversink Aqueduct}}]] [[File:USA - NJ - Mercer - Trenton - Stacy Park - Shaky Bridge 2.JPG|right|thumb|"The Shaky Bridge" near Trenton Water Filtration Plant on Route 29 {{Coord|40|13|23.29|N|74|46|48.38|W|alt:8.551145}}]] {{See also|New Jersey Register of Historic Places}} * c.1800s "The Shaky Bridge" near the Trenton Water Filtration Plant at the Calhoun Street Bridge (spans approx. 20 feet [6 m]) demonstration project<ref>{{cite web|title=NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places |page=14 |url=http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Mercer.pdf |publisher=New Jersey Historic Preservation Office |access-date=23 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516134942/http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/mercer.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2013 }}</ref> * c.1800s "Demonstration Bridge" spans two buildings of the former [[John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton N.J., Block 3|Roebling Plant, Trenton, NJ]]. Now the Mercer County Executive Building on 175 South Broad Street, Trenton, NJ. * 1844 [[Allegheny Aqueduct Bridge]] β [[Pittsburgh]]; 162 feet (49 m) spans; demolished 1861 * 1846 [[Smithfield Street Bridge]] β Pittsburgh; 188 feet (57 m) spans; replaced 1881β1883 * 1848 [[Lackawaxen Aqueduct]] β spanning the [[Lackawaxen River]] at [[Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania]]; two spans of 115 feet (35m) each, two 7-inch (18 cm) cables; no longer extant * 1849 [[Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct]] β spanning the [[Delaware River]] from Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania to [[Minisink Ford, New York]], four spans of 134 feet (41 m) each, two 8-inch (20 cm) cables; converted to vehicular and pedestrian use, restored in 1965 and 1995 * 1850 [[High Falls Aqueduct]] β one span of 145 feet (44 m), two 8Β½-inch (22 cm) cables<ref>[http://www.canalmuseum.org/ D & H Canal Museum]</ref> * 1850 [[Neversink Aqueduct]] β spanning the [[Neversink River]]; one span of 170 feet (52m), two 9Β½-inch (24 cm) cables * 1854 [[Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge]] β spanning the [[Niagara River]] from [[Niagara Falls, New York]] to [[Niagara Falls, Canada]], 821 feet (250 m) span * 1859 [[Sixth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)#First bridge|Allegheny Bridge]] β Pittsburgh; 344-foot (105 m) spans * 1866 [[John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge]] β spanning the [[Ohio River]] from [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] to [[Covington, Kentucky]]; 1,057 feet (322 m) long with a deck clearance of 100 feet (30 m) * 1883 [[Brooklyn Bridge]] β spanning the [[East River]] from [[Manhattan]] to [[Brooklyn]] in New York City; 1,595 feet (486 m) span * 1898 [[Ojuela Bridge]] (Puente de Ojuela) β suspension bridge at the site of the [[Ojuela]] Goldmine, [[Durango|Durango, Mexico]]; span of 271.5 metres * 1904 [[The Riegelsville Bridge]]- 577 feet (176 m) suspension bridge crossing the Delaware River at Riegelsville, Pennsylvania, connecting it with Riegelsville, New Jersey, United States -opened on April 18, 1904
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