Green Sergeant Covered Bridge 30-10-01

Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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Photos

Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer July 31, 1937 Exterior - Northeast Elevation

Photo taken by Historic American Buildings Survey

View photos at Library of Congress

Map

Street View

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts

Overview: Covered bridge over Wickecheoke Creek on CR 604, north of Stockton
Location: Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Status: Open to westbound traffic
History: Built 1872; restored 1961; rehabilitated 2003
Builder: - Charles O. Holcombe
Design: Covered Queenpost through truss
Dimensions: Span length: 84.0 ft.
Total length: 84.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1974
Also called: Hunterdon County bridge D-304
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.44411, -74.96600 (decimal degrees)
40°26'39" N, 74°57'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/502883/4477051 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Stockton
Inventory numbers: NRHP 74001165 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 30-10-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NJ 1000110 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 36159 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 58.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 932

Update Log

July 17, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
August 23, 2012: New photos from Andrew Pearce
February 29, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: Merged NBI Data
August 12, 2011: New photos from Luke Harden
February 6, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Status, Alternate name and Builder

Sources

Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
HABS NJ-442 - Covered Bridge, Wickecheoke Creek, Sergeantsville vicinity, Hunterdon County, NJ
Delaware Township - Green Sergeants Covered Bridge reopening
Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
Nathan Holth
Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com

Comments

Green Sergeant Covered Bridge

Posted August 12, 2011, by Joe Brennan (brennan [at] columbia [dot] edu)

Two good articles on the early history of this bridge at http://goodspeedhistories.com/ -- search 'Green Sergeant'.

The present structure is a wooden covered bridge resting on a simple steel deck beam span between concrete abutments. After being damaged, the covered bridge was removed in 1960, and two one-lane steel bridges were constructed to replace it. The covered bridge was reassembled onto the north span, and the south span was finished with low stone walls.

The photos below from August 11, 2011, are intended to show some structural details. 1: East end of the bridges. 2: East end, overexposed to show interior of covered bridge. 3: Interior showing wooden structure. 4: Looking south from stream bed, showing the matching steel beams under both bridges. 5: Looking east under the covered bridge, showing the date 1961 cut into the abutment wall, and showing the wood planks that support the floor of the bridge.