Reedy Point

Reedy Point is a cape in , . Reedy Point is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort DuPont and Reedy Point Bridge.

Protected area
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, named in honor of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, is located between the original Delaware City and the modern Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the original Reeden Point tract, which was granted to Henry Ward in 1675.

Bridge
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The carries Delaware Route 9 across the in , USA. A two-lane cantilever bridge similar in appearance to the in Southwest Philadelphia, the was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1968, replacing a lift bridge that crossed the C&D Canal prior to the 1955 widening project.

Lighthouse
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Baker Shoal Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse in , United States, on the , near Port Penn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Delaware City and Oakwood Beach.

Village
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is a city in , United States. The population was 1,885 as of 2020. It is a small port town on the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and is the location of the Forts Ferry Crossing to on .

Hamlet
Elsinboro Township is a township in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place located in St. Georges Hundred, southern New Castle County, Delaware, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the .

Reedy Point

Latitude
39.56228° or 39° 33′ 44″ north
Longitude
-75.56458° or 75° 33′ 53″ west
Open location code
87F6HC6P+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7527879459
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
4144276
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