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RVRR - Broad Street Bridge

Union County, New Jersey

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RVRR - Broad Street Bridge

looking east

Photo taken by Jeff Jargosch in 1991

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

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BH Photo #476908

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pony truss bridge over Broad Street on Rahway Valley RR
Location
Summit, Union County, New Jersey
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1906
Railroad
- Rahway Valley Railroad
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 54.0 ft.
Total length: 136.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.71380, -74.35114   (decimal degrees)
40°42'50" N, 74°21'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/554805/4507189 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 90053 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1906 (663)
Built during 1900s (7,739)
Deck girder (6,398)
Girder (11,347)
Lost (30,015)
Lost 1992 (474)
Lost during 1990s (4,176)
New Jersey (1,713)
Owned by railroad (13,728)
 Plate girder (8,875)
Pony truss (17,229)
Rahway Valley Railroad (2)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,549)
Summit, New Jersey (10)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,349)
Truss (36,783)
Union County, New Jersey (118)

Update Log 

  • July 23, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs

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