Rating:
No votes cast

Edison Bridge

Middlesex County, New Jersey

Photos 

Edison Bridge after opening

From NJDOT Archives

View this photo at nj.gov

BH Photo #141665

Map 

Description 

The Thomas A. Edison Bridge is an important example of a very large and early continuous deck plate girder highway bridge. It was the largest, highest, and longest span bridge of its type in the United States when completed. Its erection by the Bethlehem Steel Company involved the lifting of the world's longest (260') and heaviest (198 tons) girder to a height of 135'. Morris Goodkind made important contributions to twentieth-century highway bridge engineering.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Girder bridge over Raritan River on US Route 9 Northbound in Woodbridge Township
Location
Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Status
Open to traffic, new bridge added 2003
History
Built 1939
Design
Steel deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 250.0 ft.
Total length: 4,391.3 ft. (0.8 mi.)
Also called
Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.51000, -74.30000   (decimal degrees)
40°30'36" N, 74°17'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/559305/4484600 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Perth Amboy
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
43,960
Inventory number
BH 42822 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2015)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 91.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1939 (713)
Built during 1930s (10,911)
Continuous (2,181)
Deck girder (4,893)
Girder (8,812)
HAER documented (1,100)
Middlesex County, New Jersey (52)
New Jersey (1,267)
 Open (37,856)
Owned by state (14,554)
Plate girder (6,722)
Raritan River (4)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,093)
Total length over 2500 feet (794)
Woodbridge Township, New Jersey (1)

Update Log 

  • April 13, 2018: Updated by Amanda: Added category "Raritan River"
  • December 28, 2014: HAER photos posted by Dave King
  • June 20, 2009: Added by Ian Anderson

Sources 

  • Ian Anderson - macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com
  • HAER NJ-119 - Thomas A. Edison Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at U.S. Route 9, South Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ
  • HAER CT-177 - Bridge No. 00761, Spanning Housatonic River at State Route No. 15, Milford, New Haven County, CT
Post a comment here
Contact webmaster

Comments 

Edison Bridge
Posted February 20, 2012, by Ramon

Something seems off on the location; the coordinates are pointing to Driscoll Bridge, which is much, much larger.