Milford Road Overpass

Photos

Photo taken by Andrew Pearce in September 2012

BH Photo #238482

Map

Description

"The 1891 9-panel Howe pony truss bridge is of riveted construction. It rests on bearing plates supported on 1917 concrete abutments with wingwalls. It has timber stringers and deck. The deck is cambered, but not the truss. Three blast plates remain. Knee braces are used at each floorbeam rather than outriggers. The floorbeams are attached to only the inside plate of the bottom chord. The bridge is extremely well preserved, and it is one of the most distinctive early RR spans in the area."

Facts

Overview: Wrought iron Howe pony truss bridge over Lehigh Valley Mainline on Milford Road in Bloomsbury
Location: Bloomsbury, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1891, altered 1917; rehabilitated 1933-4
Builder: - Philadelphia Bridge Works
Design: Howe pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 91.9 ft.
Total length: 96.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.64722, -75.09028 (decimal degrees)
40°38'50" N, 75°05'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/492367/4499600 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Bloomsbury
Inventory numbers: NJ 1050160 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25280 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2014): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 58.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 145

Update Log

September 1, 2012: Updated by Andrew Pearce: Added category "Wrought iron"

Sources

Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Historic Bridges of Huntedon County - 1992 county survey of bridges

Comments

Milford Road Bridge

Posted September 2, 2012, by Andrew Pearce (Drew458 [at] barking-moonbat [dot] com)

Thanks Tony! Ribbon lacing is a good name for it; probably the proper name, so I added that to the photo caption.