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The village of Lumberville located in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania lies on the banks of the Delaware River at the mouth of the Panuacussing Creek. The major employers in the village in the 1800’s were two saw mills, hence the name “Lumberville”. It’s a quaint little village complete with its own post office/general store and two wonderful old hotels, the Black Bass Hotel and The 1740 House, that date back to the 1700’s. The Black Bass Hotel is reported to be haunted by a ghost named Hans.

From Lumberville one can cross this bridge to Bull’s Island in New Jersey. The bridge was originally built in 1856 in an area that never developed into a modern city, so it was not used much. It lost one of its spans in a flood in 1903 and was repaired and the bridge thus ended up with a steel span and two wooden ones. In 1932 it was purchased by the state of Pennsylvania and operated as a toll-free span. During World War II its poor condition was noted and the bridge was shut down until peace returned. After the end of World War II it was repaired, but for pedestrian use only and so it remains a pedestrian bridge to this day. I have been there many times and it is wide enough only for one automobile but perfect for pedestrians.