Delaware River, Philadelphia to Trenton

USACE Philadelphia District
Published Feb. 22, 2023

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: NJ-3, NJ-4, PA-1, PA-2

APPROPRIATION / PHASE: Operation & Maintenance, General

BUSINESS PROGRAM: Navigation

DESCRIPTION: Adopted in 1930 (R&H Com Doc 3, 71st Cong., 1st Session) and modified in 1935 (R&H Com Doc 11, 73rd Cong., 1st Session and R&H Com Doc 66, 74th Cong., 1st Session), 1937 (R&H Com Doc 90, 74th Cong., 2nd Session), 1946 (HD 679, 79th Cong., 2nd Session), and 1954 (HD 358, 83rd Cong., 2nd Session). The project provides for a channel 40-feet deep and 400-feet wide from Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia, PA to the upper end of Newbold Island, thence to various depths from 25 feet to 12 feet upstream to the Penn Central Railroad Bridge at Trenton, NJ. 

STATUS: Funds are used to perform periodic channel examinations and maintenance dredging of the channel. 

PROJECT GOALS:  The purpose of this project is to provide a 40-foot channel from Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia, PA to the upper end of Newbold Island, New Jersey including turning basins, and bank protection in the Delaware River.

PROJECT MANAGER: Dan Kelly