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2 unusual facts about Dingman's Ferry Bridge


Dingman's Ferry Bridge

The village of Dingman's Choice, which became quite identified with the ferry, had its name changed by the Post Office to Dingman's Ferry in 1868.

Each year, the bridge company closes the bridge the second week after Labor Day to conduct any repairs needed to maintain the structural integrity of the bridge and to replace or flip the salt-treated B.C. fir planks.


Any Number Can Die

It starred Nicholas (Chuck), Colette Bablon (Judy), Susan Kaslow (Zenia), Charles Dickens (Roger Masters), Victoria Camargo (Celia Lathrop), M. Emmet Walsh (T.J. Lathrop), Peter von Mayrhauser (Edgars), Elizabeth Franz (Ernestine Wintergreen), Barbara Greacen (Sally VanViller), Anthony Dingman (Carter Forstman), Nick Masi Jr. (Jack Regent), and Fred Carmichael (Hannibal Hix).

Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge

Planning began in the early 1950s for a new bridge to ease the congestion of the nearby Slade's Ferry and Brightman Street Bridges, as well as to carry the proposed Cape Cod Expressway over the Taunton River.

Chris Dingman

Dingman currently does color commentary and interviews for the Tampa Bay Lightning on the Sun Sports network.

Dingman Delaware Middle School

Dingman Delaware Middle School,commonly known as "DDMS" located in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania was built in 1994 and is a Middle School serving sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in the Dingmans Ferry and Milford area.

Seva Call

Investors include fortify.vc, Ed Mathias of The Carlyle Group, Timothy Sykes, David Eisner, Jay Virdy, Paul Silber, David Krauskopf, founding members of Blu Venture Investors, and several members from The University of Maryland's Dingman Angels Network.

Slade's Ferry Bridge

Originally, Route 103 continued across the river to the junction of Davol Street and Brownell Avenue, where it terminated at Route 138 and Route 6.


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