Importance Delhi Bridge

The Delhi Bridge is a red iron truss bridge that crosses the West Branch of the Delaware River at the town of Delhi, and is the bridge on which Frightful mates and has babies. Bridges are intended for making journeys, transitions, and from getting to one place from another. In the novel, the bridge becomes symbolic of Frightful's journey back to nature, and her nesting on the bridge, rather than on one side or another, becomes symbolic of how she is caught between the world of man and the natural world.