Category:Allentown Hamilton Street Bridge

The first bridge across the Lehigh River, connecting Northamton Town and the land to the east of the Lehigh River dates to 1814. However, soon after the public road was laid out between Easton and Reading in 1754, a ferry was established across the river near what is now the Hamilton Street Dam. Many efforts were made to erect a bridge until 1814 when a chain bridge was finally erected.

It was replaced in 1841 when a flood swept the first bridge away, replaced by a covered wooden toll bridge. That structure was washed away by the flood of January 1862 and a temporary bridge was erected which served until 1867, when a new iron bridge was built. It was washed away in the flood of February 1902 and replaced by a steel bridge in 1907.

The current bridge replaced the 1907 bridge that was declared structurally unsafe for modern day traffic. Work was begun on a new concrete structure costing $1,600,000 on June 26, 1958 and completed December 14, 1959 It was extensively refurbished in the 1980s.

Media in category "Allentown Hamilton Street Bridge"

The following 53 files are in this category, out of 53 total.

1814 - First Bridge Across Lehigh River - Allentown PA.jpg 1,517 × 716; 247 KB
1841 - Lehigh River - Hamilton Street Bridge - Stereocard - Allentown PA.jpg 1,529 × 552; 156 KB
1862 - Hamilton Street Bridge over Lehigh River - Allentown PA.jpg 1,024 × 744; 100 KB
1870 - Lehigh River - Hamilton Street Bridge - Stereocard - Allentown PA.jpg 7,920 × 5,036; 4.39 MB
1902 - Hamilton Street Bridge looking Southeast.jpg 1,150 × 727; 157 KB
1903 - Hamilton Street Bridge looking Southeast.jpg 1,426 × 902; 345 KB
1903 - Hamilton Street Bridge looking Southwest.jpg 1,150 × 726; 273 KB
1904 - Hamilton Street Bridge looking Southwest.jpg 1,150 × 714; 180 KB
1905 - Lehigh River - Hamilton Street Bridge - Postcard - Allentown PA.jpg 1,586 × 1,012; 353 KB
1907 - Hamilton Street Bridge looking Northeast.jpg 1,470 × 919; 568 KB
1907 Hamilton Street Bridge looking south.jpg 1,000 × 641; 215 KB
1907 Hamilton Street Bridge.jpg 1,380 × 795; 300 KB
1907 Hamilton Street Bridge.looking east.jpg 1,405 × 884; 273 KB
1910 - Hamilton Street Bridge - Allentown PA.jpg 1,600 × 1,004; 602 KB
1910 - Hamilton Street Bridge looking west over dam and A and B Meats.jpg 1,498 × 963; 484 KB
1910 - Hamilton Street Bridge.jpg 1,470 × 933; 351 KB
1915 - Hamilton Street Bridge.jpg 1,000 × 639; 139 KB
1925 - Hamilton Street Bridge and Dam.jpg 1,000 × 633; 110 KB
1926 - New Hamilton Street Bridge - Postcard - Allentown PA.jpg 1,600 × 1,020; 567 KB
1959 - Hamilton Street Bridge - 13 Dec MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,111 × 1,767; 732 KB
1959 - Hamilton Street Bridge - 14 Dec MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,513 × 1,126; 579 KB
1959 - Hamilton Street Bridge - 15 Dec MC - Allentown PA.jpg 3,347 × 1,237; 702 KB
1959 - Hamilton Street Bridge - 15 Nov MC - Allentown PA.jpg 3,385 × 1,801; 1.06 MB
1959 - Photo of 1907 Hamilton Street Bridge - 13 Dec MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,244 × 1,223; 334 KB
First Bridge Across Lehigh River.jpg 1,517 × 941; 214 KB
GENERAL VIEW - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-27.tif 4,955 × 3,928; 18.56 MB
BRIDGE PIER STRADDLING GATE FOR CANAL MAKEUP WATER (April 1973) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-16.tif 4,949 × 3,944; 18.62 MB
CONCRETE SUPPORTS IN LOCK (April 1979) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-25.tif 4,703 × 3,762; 16.88 MB
DAM AND WEST BANK FROM MIDSTREAM - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-8.tif 4,939 × 3,923; 18.48 MB
DAM AND WEST BANK FROM TEMPORARY COFFERDAM - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-2.tif 4,950 × 3,933; 18.57 MB
DAMAGE INCURRED BY FLOODING AND ICE IN 1979 (March 1979) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-26.tif 4,944 × 3,939; 18.57 MB
DETAIL VIEW OF PLANKING COVERING ROCK CRIB STRUCTURE - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-7.tif 4,945 × 3,955; 18.65 MB
FEEDER CANAL GATES THROUGH TOWPATH WALL (April 1979) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-20.tif 4,960 × 3,939; 18.63 MB
NEW DAM CONSTRUCTION JUST BELOW SITE OF OLD TIMBER CRIB DAM - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-11.tif 4,939 × 3,933; 18.53 MB
OLD BRIDGE ABUTMENT (March 1979) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-15.tif 4,949 × 3,939; 18.59 MB
OUTER TOWPATH WALL AND SILTED-IN FEEDER CANAL GATE (February 1981) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-24.tif 4,718 × 3,777; 17 MB
OVERVIEW FROM SOUTHEAST. - South Eighth Street Viaduct, Spanning Little Lehigh Creek at Eighth Street (State Route 2055), Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,8-1.tif 5,000 × 4,079; 19.45 MB
PLANKING COVERING ROCK CRIB STRUCTURE - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-6.tif 4,955 × 3,928; 18.56 MB
PLANKING COVERING ROCK CRIB STRUCTURE SHOWING NAILING DETAIL - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-9.tif 4,949 × 3,923; 18.52 MB
PLANKING COVERING TIMBER CRIB STRUCTURE - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-5.tif 4,945 × 3,933; 18.55 MB
REMAINS OF BASE OF FEEDER CANAL WALL PARALLELING TOWPATH (March 1979) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-21.tif 4,945 × 3,912; 18.45 MB
REMNANTS OF PORTION OF DAM THAT SERVED AS FEEDER CANAL, WITH OUTER WALL OF LOCK AT RIGHT (April 1979) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-18.tif 4,950 × 3,949; 18.64 MB
ROCK CRIB STRUCTURE COVERED BY PLANKING - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-10.tif 4,944 × 3,945; 18.6 MB
TOWPATH AND CANAL LOCK AT RIGHT OF NEW DAM AND FISH LADDER UNDER CONSTRUCTION (October 1982) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-17.tif 4,718 × 3,782; 17.02 MB
TOWPATH, MACHINERY FOR FEEDER CANAL GATE UPPER LEFT BETWEEN BRIDGE PIERS (March 1979) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-23.tif 4,960 × 3,923; 18.56 MB
VIEW DOWNSTREAM FROM ABOVE THE DAM - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-3.tif 4,939 × 3,933; 18.53 MB
VIEW DOWNSTREAM SHOWING PLANKING OVER CRIB STRUCTURE (April 1979) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-22.tif 4,966 × 3,928; 18.61 MB
VIEW OF DAM AND NEW HAMILTON STREET BRIDGE FROM WEST BANK - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-14.tif 4,698 × 3,777; 16.92 MB
VIEW OF DAM FROM HAMILTON STREET BRIDGE - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-1.tif 4,933 × 3,939; 18.53 MB
VIEW OF DAM FROM OLD BRIDGE ABUTMENT ON WEST BANK - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-4.tif 4,939 × 3,939; 18.56 MB
VIEW OF EASTERN PORTION OF DAM WASHED AWAY (March 1979) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-13.tif 4,950 × 3,939; 18.6 MB
VIEW OF ENTRANCE TO THE LOCK, WITH LAKE AND DAM IN BACKGROUND (March 1979) - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-19.tif 4,944 × 3,928; 18.52 MB
VIEW OF REMAINING PORTION OF TIMBER CRIB DAM FROM HAMILTON STREET BRIDGE - Hamilton Street Dam, Lehigh River upstream of Hamilton Street Bridge, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,3A-12.tif 4,972 × 3,966; 18.81 MB

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