A toll-free crossing of the Delaware River between two tiny, historic towns. The village of Riverton, PA and the town of Belvidere, NJ. There is also a designation on the New Jersey side of the bridge, CR 620 Spur. However, CR 620 Spur is entirely unsigned. The Pennsylvania side once was designated PA 709 from 1940 to 1946 and it connected PA 611 to the bridge. It's just another two-lane rural road, so nothing too special about that side with a decommissioned state route. Enough rambling, let's get on to it.
Former PA 709:
From PA 611 to Riverton, the Martins Creek–Belvidere Highway (former PA 709) is just another two-lane rural road. Nothing too special.
The small village of Riverton, PA at former PA 709.
Riverton–Belvidere Bridge:
Getting onto the bridge to Belvidere.
Here's who fabricated the bridge.
A view of the Delaware River, facing north / upstream. Pennsylvania is to the left in the photo, New Jersey is to the right. CR 620 Spur begins / ends here.
After a renovation comes a rededication.
Warning vehicles of low vertical clearances on this historic bridge, because if an overheight vehicle strikes the trusses, disaster would follow, and no one wants that.
Looking west from Belvidere to Riverton.
One of the houses in Belvidere used to be a local restaurant, Charlie's Bridge Stop.
Warren CR 620 Spur:
Murals greeted me as I entered Belvidere and passed under the Belvidere–Delaware (Bel-Del) railroad.
The railroad bridge and the Pequest River, as seen from CR 620 Spur / Water Street.
CR 620 Spur ends in the Belvidere Historic District at an intersection with CR 620.
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