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SFLR - Ship Channel Drawbridge

Cape May County, New Jersey, and Atlantic County, New Jersey

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923; Provided by the Internet Archive

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BH Photo #434234

Map 

Description 

Swing span appears to have been at Ocean City (south) end of trestle

Facts 

Overview
Lost Girder bridge over Ship Channel on Atlantic City & Shore Railroad
Location
Somers Point, Cape May County, New Jersey, and Atlantic County, New Jersey
Status
Destroyed by severe weather (hurricane)
History
Built 1907;
Builder
- Penn Bridge Co. of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Atlantic City & Shore Railroad (SFLR)
- Interurban
Design
Girder swing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.30581, -74.59583   (decimal degrees)
39°18'21" N, 74°35'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/534846/4350790 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 82746 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atlantic City & Shore Railroad (3)
Atlantic County, New Jersey (36)
Built 1907 (773)
Built during 1900s (7,946)
Cape May County, New Jersey (22)
Destroyed by storm (96)
Girder (11,666)
Interurban (1,057)
Lost (31,822)
Lost 1948 (94)
 Lost during 1940s (660)
Movable (3,191)
New Jersey (1,761)
Ocean City, New Jersey (7)
Owned by railroad (14,145)
Penn Bridge Co. (85)
Railroad (17,008)
Somers Point, New Jersey (6)
Swing (1,620)

Update Log 

  • January 23, 2023: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 6, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 5, 2018: Added by Luke

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Douglas Butler
  • Geoff Hubbs

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