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New Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Swing pony truss bridge over Hackensack River on Old New Bridge Road/Main Street
- Location
- Bergen County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1889 by the King Iron Bridge Co.; bypassed by upstream bridge in 1956; rehabilitated 2003
- Builders
- - Joseph Stagg (Substructure)
- King Iron Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio (Contractor) [also known as King Bridge Co.]
- Phoenix Iron Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Fabrication)
- Design
- Swing Pratt pony truss
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1989
- Also called
- Swing Bridge at New Bridge Landing
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.91399, -74.03017 (decimal degrees)
40°54'50" N, 74°01'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/581670/4529662 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hackensack
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 89000775 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 55812 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 11, 2016: Photo imported by Dave King
- August 10, 2016: New photo from Paul Henegan
- August 13, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- March 17, 2013: Added by James Baughn
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Bergen County Historical Society
- Douglas Butler
- Information About Bridge
Comments
New Bridge
New Bridge was a strategic crossing in the American Revolution, the first bridge above Newark Bay.
Jan and Annetje (Ackerman) Zabriskie purchased the Johannes Ackerman mill and farm in September 1745, shortly after construction of the first draw-bridge at the narrows of the Hackensack River. This wooden span was called New Bridge to distinguish it from an older crossing several miles upstream. History by historian Kevin Wright who wrote the NR nomination. The 1889 Swing Bridge replaced earlier drawbridges at New Bridge.
© Copyright 2002-18, James Baughn and contributors.
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New Bridge was a strategic crossing in the American Revolution, the first bridge above Newark Bay.
Jan and Annetje (Ackerman) Zabriskie purchased the Johannes Ackerman mill and farm in September 1745, shortly after construction of the first draw-bridge at the narrows of the Hackensack River. This wooden span was called New Bridge to distinguish it from an older crossing several miles upstream. History by historian Kevin Wright who wrote the NR nomination. The 1889 Swing Bridge replaced earlier drawbridges at New Bridge.