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PRSL - Grassy Sound Bridge (Old)
Cape May County
,
New Jersey
Photos
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
BH Photo #335069
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Facts
Overview
Movable A-frame deck plate girder over Grassy Sound on Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
Location
West Wildwood
,
Cape May County
,
New Jersey
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced 1913
Railroads
-
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
(PRSL)
-
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
(WJ&S)
Design
Movable A-frame deck plate girder with wood trestle approaches
Also called
WJ&S - Grassy Sound Bridge (Old)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.00745
,
-74.82934
(decimal degrees)
39°00'27" N, 74°49'46" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/514776/4317616
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Stone Harbor
Inventory number
BH 62085
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
Cape May County, New Jersey
(18)
Deck girder
(5,099)
Girder
(9,224)
Lost
(22,469)
Lost 1913
(94)
Lost during 1910s
(436)
Movable
(2,863)
New Jersey
(1,349)
Owned by railroad
(11,186)
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
(16)
Plate girder
(7,030)
Railroad
(14,423)
Replaced by new bridge
(15,009)
Shear Pole Type
(12)
Swing
(1,376)
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
(9)
West Wildwood, New Jersey
(2)
Update Log
May 13, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
August 13, 2015: Updated by Luke: Converted redundant entry into an entry for an unlisted predecessor bridge
July 29, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler
Related Bridges
PRSL - Grassy Sound Bridge
(Successor)
Sources
Douglas Butler
Luke
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