Chain Bridge
Chain Bridge or Change Bridge, also known as the Lehigh Canal Swinging Bridge and as Wire Towing Path at Pool No. 8, is a historic change bridge spanning the Lehigh River at Palmer Township and Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruins
- Description: historic change bridge spanning the Lehigh River
- Also known as: “Lehigh Canal Chain Bridge” and “Lehigh Canal Swinging Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Canal Museum and Hexenkopf Hill.
National Canal Museum
Museum
The National Canal Museum, officially the Hugh Moore Historical Park & Museums, is a museum in Easton, Pennsylvania, and part of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. National Canal Museum is situated 3,900 feet northeast of Chain Bridge.
Hexenkopf Hill
Peak
Hexenkopf Hill is a low mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The main peak rises to 646 feet, and is located in Williams Township, to the south of Easton. It is a part of the Reading Prong of the Appalachian Mountains. Hexenkopf Hill is situated 2½ miles south of Chain Bridge.
Morgan Hill
Peak
Morgan Hill, or Mammy Morgans Hill is a low mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The main peak rises to 673 feet, and is located in Williams Township, to the south of Easton. Morgan Hill is situated 2½ miles east of Chain Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palmer Heights and Raubsville.
Palmer Heights
Village
Palmer Heights is a census-designated place in the Town of Palmer, Pennsylvania. The population of Palmer Heights was 3,762 at the 2010 census. Palmer Heights is part of the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Palmer Heights is situated 2½ miles north of Chain Bridge.
Raubsville
Hamlet
Raubsville is a census-designated place in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Raubsville was 1,079 residents as of the 2020 census. Raubsville is situated 3 miles southeast of Chain Bridge.
Easton
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Easton is one of three cities, along with Allentown and Bethlehem, that are the urban population centers of the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania. In the Lehigh Valley, Easton borders the Delaware River and Phillipsburg, New Jersey to its east and Bethlehem to its southwest.
Chain Bridge
- Categories: bridge and historic site
- Location: Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.6538° or 40° 39′ 14″ northLongitude
-75.2485° or 75° 14′ 55″ westOpen location code
87G6MQ32+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 3542243724OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q5067861
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In Other Languages
“Chain Bridge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chain Bridge”
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Highlights include Island Park and Locktender’s House.
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