Chesapeake & Delaware Canal

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The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal is a man-made waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that connects the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay, serving as a key shipping and transportation route.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
man-made waterway ⓘ
connects Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
Delaware River ⓘ
constructionStart early 19th century ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge (US 301) ⓘ
Chesapeake City Bridge ⓘ
Delaware Route 1 bridge ⓘ
Reedy Point Bridge ⓘ
St. Georges Bridge ⓘ
Summit Bridge ⓘ
hasLock yes ⓘ
length approximately 14 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Delaware ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
maintainedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
opened 1829 ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
originalPurpose shorten shipping route between Philadelphia and Baltimore ⓘ
partOf Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ
regionServed Chesapeake Bay watershed ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake Bay

Delaware River watershed ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
use commercial shipping ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
transportation route ⓘ
waterwayType ship canal ⓘ

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Delaware Route 1 → crosses → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ⓘ
Cecil County, Maryland → locatedAtWaterbody → C&D Canal ⓘ
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Delaware City, Delaware → locatedNear → Chesapeake and Delaware Canal ⓘ
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal vicinity → follows → Chesapeake and Delaware Canal ⓘ
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Summit Bridge area, Delaware → locatedOnWaterway → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ⓘ
Summit Bridge area, Delaware → canalCrossing → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ⓘ
Summit Bridge → crosses → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ⓘ
Summit Bridge → hasClearanceOver → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ⓘ
Summit Bridge → crossesWaterway → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ⓘ
Summit Bridge → isAbove → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal shipping channel ⓘ
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Senator William V. Roth Jr. Bridge → crosses → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ⓘ
Senator William V. Roth Jr. Bridge → crosses → Chesapeake and Delaware Canal ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Senator William V. Roth Jr. Bridge → spans → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal shipping channel ⓘ
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Chesapeake City, Maryland → locatedOnWaterway → Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ⓘ
Chesapeake City, Maryland → locatedOnWaterway → Chesapeake and Delaware Canal ⓘ
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Bohemia River → connectedToWaterbody → Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (via Elk River system) ⓘ
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Elk River → connectedTo → C&D Canal ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake & Delaware Canal