Photos
 |
View, Looking From Northwest, Showing Approach Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
General Side Elevation View, Looking From Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
General View, Looking From Northwest, Showing Pier Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View, Looking From West Along Northwest Walkway, Showing Vertical Compression Members 5. 'Barrel Shot' View Looking Across Bridge From The West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View, Looking From West Along Southside Walkway, Showing Vertical Endpost Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
General View, Looking From Southwest, Showing Approach Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View, Looking From Southwest, Showing Cast Iron Guard Rail Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
General View Of Bridge, Looking From Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View, Looking From Northeast, Showing Reinforced Floor Beams Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View Of Endpost, Showing '1870' Date In Cast Iron Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View Of North Side Of Bridge, Looking From Nest, Showing Top Chord Connection Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View Of North Side Of Bridge, Showing Wrought Iron Diagonals With Adjustment Device Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View Of South Side Of Compression Members. Note Twentieth Century Steel Compression Member In Right Foreground Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View Of Guard Rail Along North Side Of Bridge Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View Of Upper Chord Connection, Showing Octagonally-Shaped Upper Chord Compression Member Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
 |
Detail View Of Guard Nail Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Two-span iron pony truss bridge over South Branch Raritan River on W. Main Street in Clinton
- Location
- Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to one-way traffic
- History
- Built 1870 by the Cowin Iron Works
- Builders
- - Charles Cowin
- Cowin Iron Works
- William Cowin
- Design
- Two pin-connected, 8-panel, wrought- and cast-iron Pratt pony trusses with vertical endposts
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 170.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.63601, -74.91207 (decimal degrees)
40°38'10" N, 74°54'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/507435/4498355 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory numbers
- NJ 10XX0N1 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25277 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 06/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 340
Sources
- HAER NJ-19 - West Main Street Bridge, Spanning South branch of Raritan River, Clinton, Hunterdon County, NJ