Historic Bridges
of the United States

Belleville Turnpike Bridge

Essex County, New Jersey
and Bergen County, New Jersey

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Photos 

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Overview

Photos taken by Christopher Stokes for the Historic American Engineering Record
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Side view

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Deck view

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Opened draw span

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Counterweight

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bascule bridge over Passaic River on NJ 7 in Belleville/North Arlington/Kearny
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1914 by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.; replaced 2003
Builder
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.
Design
Bascule Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 110.0 ft.
Total length: 336.0 ft.
Inventory numbers
NJ 0208150 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25162 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2007)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 70.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
18,300

Categories 

Bascule (436)
Bergen County, New Jersey (38)
Built 1914 (376)
Built during 1910s (3,558)
Essex County, New Jersey (35)
HAER documented (284)
Movable (859)
New Jersey (618)
Owned by state (6,524)
Passaic River (28)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,258)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (2)
Through truss (5,205)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,089)
Truss (15,739)
Warren truss (693)

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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.

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

These are postcards from 1906 showing the predecessor of the bascule bridge.

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Belleville Turnpike Bridge
Posted May 2, 2007, by Anonymous

The new v-lift bridge:

http://hardesty-hanover.com/projects/movable/vertical_lift/route7.asp

Belleville Turnpike Bridge
Posted May 2, 2007, by Anonymous

This bridge was replaced by a vertical lift bridge in the early 2000's.

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