Belleville Turnpike Bridge (1914)

Photos

Overview

Photos taken by Christopher Stokes for the Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #108049

Map

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Facts

Overview: Lost through truss bascule bridge over Passaic River on NJ 7 in Belleville/North Arlington/Kearny
Location: Essex County, New Jersey, and Bergen County, New Jersey
Status: No longer exists
History: Built 1914 by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.; replaced 2003
Builder: - Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design: Bascule Warren through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 110.0 ft.
Total length: 336.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.78667, -74.14833 (decimal degrees)
40°47'12" N, 74°08'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/571857/4515424 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Orange
Average daily traffic (as of 2018): 19,115
Inventory numbers: NJ 0208150 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25162 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2018): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 70.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

June 9, 2021: New photos from Douglas Butler
February 15, 2011: New Street View added by Jason Smith
September 11, 2006: Posted HAER photos

Related Bridges

Belleville Turnpike Bridge (Pre 1914) (Predecessor)
Rutgers Street Bridge (2003) (Successor) - Replaced a Strauss Bascule Bridge in 2003

Sources

HAER NJ-127 - Route 7 Bridge, Route 7 (1AG) over Passaic River, Belleville, Essex County, NJ
Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
Douglas Butler

Comments

Belleville Turnpike Bridge

Posted June 5, 2007, by Don Shorock (don [at] shorock [dot] com)

These are pictures of the new bridge that replaced the bascule bridge. They were taken by my mother, Isobel Shorock, on the day the new bridge was opened to traffic.