| Carpenters Bridge | |
| Settlement Type: | Area |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Delaware |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kent |
| Established Date: | 1890 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Carpenters Bridge in Kent County, Delaware, United States is an area associated with the name Carpenters Bridge. It contains a minor bridge with that name that crosses the Murderkill River, a road by the same name and the immediate area has a pending residential area called Carpenter Bridge Crossing.
Carpenters Bridge is a bridge by that name over the Murderkill River in Kent County, Delaware, 6 miles northwest of Milford, Delaware[1]
The bridge was in existence as early as 1890, when it was mentioned in The New York Times as the site of a murder.[2] It was rebuilt or improved in 1899,[3] and replaced with prestressed concrete and mixed box beam and girders construction in 1962.[4]
The bridge spans land that once was considered by local residents to be of historic importance, though neither the State of Delaware[4] nor developers such as Carpenter Bridge Properties, LLC, through the construction company Lessard Builders, now deem it as a historic area.[5]
Road 35, is a state-maintained connector road and is locally designated as Carpenter Bridge Road. This road enables significant commercial and public access between Harrington and Frederica, Delaware.[6] The road has hundreds of houses along its length that spans two zip code areas. The zip code divider is the bridge itself by the same name.[7]
The Carpenter Bridge Crossing Home Owners Association is a pending 193 unit subdivision. The 2006 State of Delaware approved planned residential community is located a little east of the bridge. Construction has been delayed due to the economy and construction has not yet started as of 2012.[8] Carpenters Bridge Properties, LLC is under the construction company Lessard Builders, who are the developers.[5] [9] Google Maps show the planned streets and lots, but the satellite view clearly shows construction has not yet started.[10]
The area is also home to a number of residential subdivisions, natural attractions such as the Burton-Derrickson Tract of the Murderkill River Nature Preserve and Killens Pond State Park, and at least one active bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) nest.[11] The area was proposed as the site of a renewable solar energy farm at Carpenters Bridge in 2004[12] which was still under consideration in 2010.[11]