West Main Street Bridge
Photos
View, Looking From Northwest, Showing Approach
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #137455
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 of Lambertville, New Jersey
- William Cowin
- Design
- Two pin-connected, 8-panel, wrought- and cast-iron Pratt pony trusses with vertical endposts
- Dimensions
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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)
- Quadrangle map:
- High Bridge
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 380
- Inventory numbers
- NJ 10XX0N1 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25277 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of June 2017)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 3, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- August 2, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
- March 16, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- April 13, 2018: New photo from Art Suckewer
- November 9, 2017: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
- July 13, 2013: Updated by Dave King: Added new photos
- December 23, 2012: New photo from Andrew Pearce
- August 7, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
- April 19, 2009: Posted HAER photos
Sources
- HAER NJ-19 - West Main Street Bridge, Spanning South branch of Raritan River, Clinton, Hunterdon County, NJ
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Article about builder:
http://goodspeedhistories.com/the-lockatong-bridge-on-raven-...
I drove over this bridge over the weekend. It is really magnificent in person. For those traveling through the NY metro area, it less than an hour by car from Newark International (not that I recommend flying into Newark, but if you must...).
At first, the cream color that Hunterdon is now using on its antique metal bridges didn't appeal to me but it really works on making this one stand out.
The castings appear to be in great shape and all of the pertinent info is cast into the top chords. The only issue is an apparent dip in the deck of the western span when viewed from the north (the top chord does not seem to be affected).
Its amazing that this bridge is a tourist attraction while a bridge just one year newer (Meadville, PA) is about to come down.
Regards,
Art S.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/nj/hunterdon/west-main/
nice website related to the bridge with pictures:
http://taimages.railstotrails.org/6-Historic-Preservation-Re...