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Overview

A bridgeport (the southern section and part north of I–26 East River) along Delaware River

Bridgeport is an intercounty commuter rail gateway serving Delaware County communities located north of the Delaware River. As a link between Amtrak and MARC St. Louis this part of the bridge port provides a convenient link for commuters heading to downtown Philadelphia, and trains bound to New York City will also use this connection.

The Delaware River cuts a peninsula separating Bridgeport from Bethlehem, an historic center of commerce and manufacturing. The two towns are crossed by County Route 2. A large part of the border between Bridgeport and Bethlehem is formed by the railroad tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad's East Falls Church Line.

Lower Bridgeport, unlike other historic Philadelphia river area cities such as downtown, has gone largely neglectful of the city's nineteenth-century architecture in the post-urbanized period. One can recognize this on many large city plazas from 1876 onwards. Many of these old structures provide views of the Delaware River and Chester County down the valley. The most immediately recognizable historic buildings in the West Philadelphia waterfront, the southern quarter of Elizabeth Street, are remnants of the river's industrial heritage. A more hidden historic fabric, centering on the Northern Liberties area, is often overlooked or ignored.

Harboring these two great concentrations of people, infrastructure and production, is where the Bridgeport is best connected with the large Delaware River Valley industrial parks. The Delaware River Valley urban clusters include the Center City Philadelphia suburbs of Delaware County as well as towns such as Clifton Forge (Cleveland, Montgomery and Delaware). This area also hosts the city's riverfront parks, such as the Delaware Memorial and the Pennsylvania State Park. Several waterways that enter the area via the river have been designated for use by parks, including the Harbor View, Wells and Cumberland areas of Philadelphia.

The original bridgeport was built between 1873 and 1880, which was the first of several uses designed by architect James Monroe Downey Jr. (1814–1881), in which construction of the bridgeport was thought to be the most economical way to connect the region with regional industry. A larger bridgeport was built approximately a decade later, which connected the Delaware River Port located the southernmost part of the original bridgeport's traffic capacity, with a new community constructed behind it.