River traffic still flows by the Delaware’s banks in Bristol township and passenger and freight trains ply the mainline of Conrail and Amtrack in our township. With the major highway links of Route 13, Route 413, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and Interstate 95, traffic to and from the megalopolis (cities from Boston to Washington, D.C.) flows through Bristol Township. Today, Bristol Township, Bucks County’s largest municipality, (1990 census) still stands at a crossroads. Each of these histories has left a mark on part of Bucks County and Bristol Township’s history. Those histories involved the Lenni Lenape culture, the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the birth of Levittown. And many of our roads today are trails of history. Ever since people inhabited the Delaware River Valley, Bristol Township has been at a crossroads of history.īefore the Europeans settled in Bucks County, the Lenni Lenape Indians used the Delaware River - their name for it was the “Great River” - as one of its major highways.
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