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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaSteamtown's Locomotive 2317 on excursion to Delaware Water Gap PA in 2003. NPS Photo by Andy Milazzo.
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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Stories: Transportation

Most of these features were first published in the park's newsletter, Spanning the Gap (STG) or in the Cultural Resource Management magazine, CRM. STG and CRM features are pdf files.
For related pages in this website, and for links to other websites for each feature,
look up the feature under:

ϑ NEWS: Park Newspaper-Features from Back Issues, by year (STG features) or under:
ϑ NEWS: Park Newspaper-CRM Magazine, by topic (CRM features)  

 

TRANSPORT (RAILROADS)

Railway Avenue and the Delaware Valley Railroad (DVRR) (STG Winter 2000 Vol. 22, No. 4) Railway Avenue, once a street in the village of Bushkill, is now a flat trail through the woods and along an old railroad bed.

Pocono Mainline Excursion: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (STG: Summer 2003 Vol. 25 No. 2) Historic rail link between Steamtown National Historic Site and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is revived for an excursion train.
Additional material
ϑ Photo Gallery: Water Gap Station Photographs from the station's Open House on July 12, 2003.
ϑ Photo Gallery: Railroad Structures in the Stroudsburgs Photographs of structures and landscapes related to the Pocono Mainline Excursion
ϑ Milepost itinerary and Excursion Photos 
ϑ History along Karamac Trail: New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad and the Karamac Hotel. A brief history of the rail bed and the hotel grounds that form most of the trail.

Exhibits On Line: Welcome Back to the Delaware River, DL&W  Railroad! 
(under Exhibits On Line)
ϑ Exhibits On Line: Maps of the DL&W RR Excursion Route

 

TRANSPORT (ROADS and BRIDGES)

Dingmans Bridge (STG: Summer 1993 Vol. 15, No. 2) Historic privately-owned toll bridge crossing the Delaware River at Dingmans Ferry PA.

Bridges and Ferries at Dingmans Ferry PA

A Ride Down Old Mine Road (STG: Summer 2000 Vol. 22, No. 2) (under Stories)

Searching for the Old Mine Road (under Stories)"

"Drive-thru" History: A Self-Guided Auto Tour (under Stories)

River Road Rehab: An Update (under Places: Cultural Landscapes)
Additional material
ϑ A Historical Narrative of River Road and Freeman Tract Road 
By park historian Susan Kopczynski.
ϑ A Chronology of River Road and its Ferries

Update on Park Projects (includes roads) (under People: Managing the Park)

 

 
A wooden AT sign attached to a tree along the trail  

Did You Know?
... that on its way through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, the Appalachian Trail goes right through the village of Delaware Water Gap PA, which has a bus station. For 10,000,000 city dwellers, pristine ridgetop ponds and scenic mountaintop views are only a bus-and-backpack trip away.
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Last Updated: November 08, 2008 at 16:08 EST