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Bear Tavern Bridge

Mercer County, New Jersey
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Overview
Through truss bridge over Jacobs Creek on Bear Tavern Road (CR 579)
Location
Mercer County, New Jersey
Status
Closed to traffic
History
Built 1882 by the King Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1950; closed to traffic Sept. 2009
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Wrought iron, 6-panel, pin-connected Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.9 ft.
Total length: 75.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.6 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Jacobs Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.29204, -74.84075   (decimal degrees)
40°17'31" N, 74°50'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/513535/4460183 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Pennington
Inventory numbers
NJ 1100060 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25353 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2007)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 6.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
14,142

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
6-panel truss (409)
Built 1882 (70)
Built during 1880s (1,055)
Closed (2,084)
Have street view (10,035)
King Bridge Co. (162)
Mercer County, New Jersey (36)
NR-eligible (3,750)
New Jersey (751)
One-lane traffic (7,119)
 Owned by county (16,526)
Pratt through truss (3,184)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Span length 50-75 feet (7,011)
Structurally deficient (16,728)
Through truss (9,254)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,812)
Truss (23,615)
Wooden deck (5,415)
Wrought iron (230)

Update Log 

  • May 16, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • October 28, 2009: Bridge is closed to traffic; updated history and design

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Bear Tavern Bridge
Posted January 4, 2013, by Art (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Bridge was taken down after Hurricane Irene

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/09/mercer_to_begin_dismantling_of.html

It is in storage and may be installed near by sometime in the future.

Bear Tavern Bridge
Posted September 29, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Article on this span in the latest National Trust for Historic Preservation newsletter:

http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2011/story-of-the-day/a-battle-for-a-bridge.html

Bear Tavern Bridge
Posted February 11, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Attached is a press release that provides information on efforts of local community to get this bridge preserved in place for continued vehicular use.

View attachment #1 (PDF document, version 1.5, 9299 bytes)