Elm Street Bridge

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Overview: Pony truss bridge over Hackensack River on Elm Street in Oradell
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Slated for demolition. Truss webs will be placed on replacement as decorations.
History: Built 1892; rehabilitated 1983
Design: Pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 75.1 ft.
Total length: 76.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.7 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.94905, -74.02570 (decimal degrees)
40°56'57" N, 74°01'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/582003/4533558 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Hackensack
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 4,409
Inventory numbers: NJ 020044B (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25058 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2016): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 80.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

July 6, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
June 8, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated GPS.

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Nathan Holth

Comments

Elm Street Bridge

Posted January 22, 2013, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

True Don... I saw that side view after I made my previous comment. Hard to tell what is original and what's not of the lower chord and floor system.

Elm Street Bridge

Posted January 22, 2013, by Don Morrison

Hmm...

The article refers to stringer beams having significant damage. At least that part is not 1896 design. The view from the water picture also shows substantial stringer beams.

So, Is this truly a truss bridge? Has it been rehabbed before adding stringers or maybe the truss structure was already used to decorate a stringer bridge?

I can't see it clearly in the pictures available. The rehab date is 1983.

At any rate, it looks to be kind of far from original already.

Don

Elm Street Bridge

Posted January 21, 2013, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I just wish they would have moved the pony to a park and kept it intact.

Elm Street Bridge

Posted January 21, 2013, by Art S (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Thank you for the clarification Nathan.

Elm Street Bridge

Posted January 21, 2013, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Technically this is a replacement project. However the most significant elements of the bridge... the trusses... are supposed to be saved. I cannot in good conscience call this a form of preservation, but it is a good compromise that prevents the loss of valuable Phoenix columns.

Elm Street Bridge

Posted January 21, 2013, by Art S (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Found a view from the water:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/1187966778/in/photostre...

Elm Street Bridge

Posted January 21, 2013, by Art S (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Posting mostly for the picture in that article:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/164489016_Oradell_council_co...

http://riverdell.patch.com/articles/oradell-closes-in-on-fin...

Elm Street Bridge

Posted January 21, 2013, by Art S (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Posting this one mostly for the picture: