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Erie - Berry's Creek Bridge

Bergen County, New Jersey

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NYLE&W Berry's Creek Bridge

Rutherford NJ

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2014

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BH Photo #280059

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Description 

This railroad bridge carries once 4 track the bridge counterweight rolls along the track in the open position with both pulley wheels with ropes on each tower of curved tracks.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Bridge over Berry's Creek on New York Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Location
Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1896
Railroads
- Erie Railroad (ERIE)
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad (NYLE&W)
Design
Belidor Rolling Counterweight Bascule Drawbridge
Also called
NYLE&W Berry's Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.81011, -74.09225   (decimal degrees)
40°48'36" N, 74°05'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/576562/4518073 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Weehawken
Inventory number
BH 60344 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,574)
Bascule (1,064)
Belidor bascule (10)
Bergen County, New Jersey (107)
Built 1896 (273)
Built during 1890s (2,984)
Erie Railroad (271)
 Lost (24,769)
Movable (2,975)
New Jersey (1,532)
New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad (4)
Railroad (15,438)
Rutherford, New Jersey (4)

Update Log 

  • March 21, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad", "Railroad"
  • March 21, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler

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