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Belleville Turnpike Bridge (1914)
Photos
Overview
Photos taken by Christopher Stokes for the Historic American Engineering Record
BH Photo #108049
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
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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)
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Update Log
- April 27, 2022: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- 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
- Geoff Hubbs
Comments
Belleville Turnpike Bridge
These are postcards from 1906 showing the predecessor of the bascule bridge.
Belleville Turnpike Bridge
The new v-lift bridge:
http://hardesty-hanover.com/projects/movable/vertical_lift/r...
Belleville Turnpike Bridge
This bridge was replaced by a vertical lift bridge in the early 2000's.
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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.