Kellams Bridge

41°49′24″N 75°06′49″W / 41.82333°N 75.11361°W / 41.82333; -75.11361Carries1 laneCrossesDelaware RiverLocaleStalker, Pennsylvania, and Hankins, New YorkOfficial nameKellams BridgeOther name(s)Little Equinunk BridgeOwnerNew York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge CommissionMaintained byNew York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge CommissionCharacteristicsDesignUnderspanned suspension bridgeTotal length384 feet (117 m)No. of spans1Piers in water0Clearance above8 feet (2.4 m)HistoryConstruction end1889Opened1890StatisticsTollNoneLocation

The Kellams Bridge, also known as the Little Equinunk Bridge and Kellams–Stalker Bridge,^[1] is an underspanned suspension bridge spanning the Delaware River between Stalker, Pennsylvania, and Hankins, New York. It is the only bridge of its type in the United States.^[2]

The bridge was built by David Kellams in 1889 and opened in 1890. It was originally a toll bridge.^[3]

The bridge has historic significance as the last underspanned suspension bridge remaining in the United States. The deck of the bridge underwent major repairs in 1936, including replacement of the original wooden deck with the steel deck which remains today. The bridge was damaged by the June 2006 flooding of the Delaware River but was repaired in October 2006.^[4]

In 2018, as part of the Upper Delaware River bridge construction or renovation project, Kellams Bridge was temporarily closed for a $4.5 million renovation from March 5 to June 29 and then again from September 5 to November 15.

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New York (state)
• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
• List of crossings of the Delaware River
• New York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge Commission

• Bridgemeister
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-470, "Kellams Bridge"
• Kellams Bridge at Structurae