Green Sergeant Covered Bridge
Photos
Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer July 31, 1937 Exterior - Northeast Elevation
Photo taken by Historic American Buildings Survey
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
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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
- 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
Comments
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.
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