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The Indian River Inlet Bridge (officially the Charles W. Cullen Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge located in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States. It carries four lanes of Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) over the Indian River Inlet between the Indian River Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
27 sty 2023 · On May 6, 2012, the Indian River Inlet bridge was officially dedicated in a public ceremony allowing the public to walk across the span. The bridge has weathered huge storms, including Superstorm Sandy, which occurred not long after its opening. It was built to last at least 100 years.
The Indian River Inlet Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge located in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States. It carries four lanes of Delaware Route 1 over the Indian River Inlet between the Indian River Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
18 lut 2021 · Here are some facts you may not know: 1. The bridge took massive amounts of materials to build. The 2,600-foot-long Charles W. Cullen Bridge cost $150 million to build and consists of 28,000...
Four bridges have been built over the Indian River Inlet connecting the communities of Rehoboth Beach (north) and Bethany Beach (south), Delaware. The first was a timber bridge built in 1934, which was replaced by a concrete and steel “moveable swing” bridge in 1938.
In November of 1929, dynamite was used to open up the inlet which was later dredged to keep it open to navigation. In 1934, a simple wooden bridge over the inlet completed the construction of Ocean Highway, which is now State Route 1. By the late 1930s, jetties were constructed to stabilize the inlet.
An initial design for the new bridge was unveiled in 2003, following considerable public input. It promised to be dramatic: a 1,000-foot span supported by a single, bowlike concrete arch from which stainless-steel cables descended in a single plane of radial stays.
