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PRSL - Grassy Sound Bridge (Old)

Cape May County, New Jersey

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

BH Photo #335069

Map 

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 (15)
Deck girder (4,766)
Girder (8,492)
Lost (19,637)
Lost 1913 (79)
Lost during 1910s (359)
Movable (2,737)
New Jersey (1,216)
Owned by railroad (10,318)
 Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (16)
Plate girder (6,517)
Railroad (13,686)
Replaced by new bridge (12,995)
Shear Pole Type (11)
Swing (1,290)
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 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke

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