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Great Egg Harbor Bridge

Atlantic County, New Jersey, and Cape May County, New Jersey

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Great Egg Harbor Twin Spans

1954 Bridge is the one closest to the camera

Photo taken by Stephen Greer in April 2012

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BH Photo #229805

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Facts 

Overview
Girder bridge over Great Egg Harbor&Hrbr Road on Garden St Pkwy Sb
Location
Somers Point, Atlantic County, New Jersey, and Cape May County, New Jersey
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1954
Design
Girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 3,668.8 ft. (0.7 mi.)
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.29667, -74.62167   (decimal degrees)
39°17'48" N, 74°37'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/532623/4349767 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ocean City
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
19,620
Inventory numbers
NJ 360280S (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 49152 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2015)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 48.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Atlantic County, New Jersey (36)
Built 1954 (357)
Built during 1950s (3,886)
Cape May County, New Jersey (19)
Continuous (2,532)
County line crossing (532)
Doomed (1,021)
Girder (10,649)
Have street view (27,557)
 Lost (26,093)
Lost 2017 (284)
Lost during 2010s (3,442)
New Jersey (1,637)
Owned by bridge authority (257)
Replaced by new bridge (17,647)
Somers Point, New Jersey (6)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,004)
Total length over 2500 feet (924)

Update Log 

  • May 25, 2018: Updated by Stephen Greer: Closed approx 2017 to all traffic, currently beign removed.
  • June 27, 2014: Updated by Stephen Greer: Imported NBI info, changed status
  • April 14, 2012: New photo from Stephen Greer
  • July 21, 2011: Added by Stephen Greer

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Great Egg Harbor Bridge
Posted November 15, 2016, by Ray Cathcart (bridgehunter [at] cathcart [dot] us)

This bridge actually collapsed in 1999 onto some safety beams that were set up due to its similarity to the failed Mianus River Bridge in Connecticut. The repair took about 7 weeks.