Plane Hill Road Aquaduct

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Lost Bridge

Aqueduct is now the roadway and looks down on abutments that remain from earlier roadway bridge that crossed creek alongside the canal.

Photo taken by Andrew Pearce in September 2012

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Facts 

Overview

Stone arch bridge over Pohatcong Creek on Plane Hill Road

Location

Bowerstown, Warren County, New Jersey

Status

Open to traffic

History

This is the Inclined Plane 7 West aquaduct that carried the Morris Canal over Pohatcong Creek at the feeder base of the inclined plane

Builder

- Morris Canal

Design

Stone arch

Dimensions

Total length: 125.0 ft.
Deck width: 25.0 ft.

Also called

Plane 7w Aquaduct

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.77056, -74.99746   (decimal degrees)
40°46'14" N, 74°59'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/500214/4513288 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Washington

Inventory number

BH 53639 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• September 25, 2012: Added by Andrew Pearce

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