Historic bridge · Lackawaxen Township, Pike County
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct
The oldest existing wire-cable suspension bridge in the country, built by John A. Roebling in the 1840s to carry a canal over the Delaware and now open to cars.
What you will find
- Historic features
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Zane Grey Museum
The Delaware River home where the western novelist began his writing career, now a National Park Service museum near Roebling's historic aqueduct.
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Grey Towers National Historic Site
The château-style summer home of Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service and two-term governor, with terraced gardens and views over the Delaware Valley.
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Milford
The Pike County seat on the Delaware, with leafy Victorian streets, Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers estate, and the waterfalls and trails of the Delaware Water Gap recreation area nearby.
