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PRR - D&R Canal Swing Bridge

Middlesex County, New Jersey

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PRR - D&R Canal Swing Bridge

looking north in 1895

Photo from New Brunswick Free Library

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #468018

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over D&R Canal on Pennsylvania Railroad
Location
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built as grade crossings eliminated in New Brunswick; replaced with current stone arch bridge across Raritan River
Railroad
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.50040, -74.44180   (decimal degrees)
40°30'01" N, 74°26'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/547298/4483449 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 88568 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,637)
Built 1892 (259)
Built during 1890s (3,390)
Deck girder (6,623)
Girder (11,669)
Lost (31,825)
Lost 1902 (38)
Lost during 1900s (502)
Middlesex County, New Jersey (94)
Movable (3,191)
 New Brunswick, New Jersey (13)
New Jersey (1,761)
Owned by railroad (14,148)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,138)
Plate girder (9,182)
Railroad (17,009)
Replaced by new bridge (21,709)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,602)
Swing (1,620)

Update Log 

  • November 2, 2020: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 4, 2020: Updated by Art Suckewer: corrected county
  • March 18, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Railroad"
  • March 18, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler

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