Rating:
1 vote
White Bridge Road (Replacement)
Photos
almost finished
view from West end shows skew, guard rails, lattice
Photo taken by Andrew Pearce in March 2014
BH Photo #280722
Description
This bridge replaces the 1886 iron bridge at this location. It is two lanes wide. The truss seems real; the lower chords are not super massive beams that could do the whole job with a truss stuck on just for decoration. A mix of real and decorative lattice is used on the verticals and diagonals, and everything is held together by being bolted to gusset plates. The upper chord is an H beam, while the lower chord is two unlatticed, separate U channels. Floor beams are hung from the lower gusset plates.Facts
- Overview
- Warren pony truss with alternating verticals bridge over Capoolong Creek on White Bridge Road
- Location
- Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
- Status
- Under construction
- History
- Built 2013-2014
- Builder
- - Kalogridis Contracting of North Brunswick, New Jersey
- Design
- Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 72.0 ft.
Total length: 71.0 ft.
Deck width: 30.0 ft.
- Also called
- White Bridge Road Bridge
Capoolong Creek Bridge
White Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.58389, -74.94556 (decimal degrees)
40°35'02" N, 74°56'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/504607/4492568 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Pittstown
- Inventory number
- BH 60464 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 26, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- January 9, 2019: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- March 28, 2014: Updated by Andrew Pearce: Added category "Skewed"
Sources
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Geoff Hubbs
Comments
White Bridge Road New Bridge
This bridge has transverse floor beams attached to the lower chords as well as large gusset plates with arranged bolt patterns in each, so there is definitely no question that it is a truss bridge that functions as a true Warren truss. And, modern or not, I would MUCH rather see a bridge like this than any UCEB, even if it does use fake components to look authentic. I still don't like to see any new bridge replace any historically significant bridge though, especially metal truss bridges.
White Bridge Road New Bridge
Pretty decent looking for a modern truss, even if some of the lattice is merely decorative.
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Would strongly have preferred to see the historic trusses placed on a steel stringer bridge replacement since that solution would have retained original bridge materials.
In regards to Photo #6, I would guess the bearing type to be an elastomeric or neoprene type bearing. Those are common among modern bridges and account for the "flat" appearance described.