St. Georges Bridge Celebration

When in moved to Delaware in 1970, I remember driving to Rehoboth and crossing the St. Georges Brige. It was a narrow two-lane, 60+ mph, bumper to bumper, white knuckled crossing. In the early-90s they built the Roth Bridge which decreased the traffic on the St. Georges Bridge to basically those who were too cheap to pay the toll or those who lived in the immediate area of the bridge. I would use it on weekends to cross the canal. Traffic was lighter, less tractor-trailers but still a somewhat scary crossing due to the narrow lanes and no shoulder. This year they decided to close one of the lanes and dedicate it to bicycle traffic!

On Thursday August 26 Governor Jack Markell as well as a few other political people and many cyclists in the area joined in a celebration crossing of the bridge.

This really happened because some key people were involved including quite a few people from White Clay Bicycle Club. I think there's a lot of cyclists who don't realize how much WCBC does for them. It also helps that the Governor is a cyclist!