Rating:
60464
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White Bridge Road New Bridge
Photos
almost finished
view from West end shows skew, guard rails, lattice
Photo taken by Andrew Pearce in March 2014
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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
- January 9, 2019: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- March 28, 2014: Updated by Andrew Pearce: Added category "Skewed"
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.