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Reading Port Reading Branch - Raritan River Bridge

Somerset County, New Jersey

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Facts 

Overview
Parker through truss bridge over Raritan River on Reading RR Port Reading Branch
Location
Manville, Somerset County, New Jersey
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
new rail connection at Bound Brook made bridge obsolete
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRCX)
- Reading Railroad (RDG)
Design
Parker through truss
Also called
Reading - Raritan River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.54953, -74.56856   (decimal degrees)
40°32'58" N, 74°34'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/536530/4488842 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bound Brook
Inventory number
BH 52472 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,650)
Conrail (1,560)
Conrail Shared Assets Operations (75)
Manville, New Jersey (8)
New Jersey (1,529)
Owned by railroad (12,423)
Parker through truss (1,296)
 Parker truss (1,677)
Railroad (15,414)
Reading Railroad (197)
Somerset County, New Jersey (126)
Through truss (15,062)
Truss (32,784)

Update Log 

  • May 14, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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Port Reading Branch Raritan River Bridge
Posted January 26, 2014, by Jim Eden (jim888eden [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is open to rail traffic and is used daily.

Auto traffic is restricted to Conrail employees.