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Cheesquake Creek Bridge (1913)

Middlesex County, New Jersey

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Cheesequake Creek Bridge (Old)

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #314623

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Description 

This double leaf bascule bridge was replaced with a single leaf bridge

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck girder bridge over Cheesquake Creek on New Jersey Route 35
Location
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in 1913 replaced in 1943
Design
Deck girder bascule
Also called
3rd County Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.46276, -74.25857   (decimal degrees)
40°27'46" N, 74°15'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/562859/4479385 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
South Amboy
Inventory number
BH 65698 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,108)
Built 1913 (953)
Built during 1910s (10,242)
Deck girder (6,624)
Girder (11,670)
Lost (31,832)
 Middlesex County, New Jersey (94)
Movable (3,191)
New Jersey (1,761)
Owned by state (16,771)
Replaced by new bridge (21,710)

Update Log 

  • May 1, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • January 26, 2015: Added by Douglas Butler

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