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Tuckahoe River Bridge

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

Photos 

General View Looking West (Upstream)

Photo taken by David Ames for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #282019

Map 

Street View 

Description 

The State Route 50 Bascule Bridge over the Tuckahoe River is one of only a few remaining bridges in New Jersey that embody the technology which popularized J.B. Strauss as one of the most prominent designers of movable span bridges in the early 1900s.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Bascule bridge over Tuckahoe River on NJ 50
Location
Cape May County, New Jersey, and Atlantic County, New Jersey
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1926; rehabilitated 1961
Builder
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 57.1 ft.
Total length: 160.1 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.29509, -74.75227   (decimal degrees)
39°17'42" N, 74°45'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/521362/4349553 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tuckahoe
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
11,312
Inventory numbers
NJ 0510152 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25155 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2018)
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: 92 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Atlantic County, New Jersey (36)
Bascule (1,084)
Built 1926 (804)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Cape May County, New Jersey (19)
County line crossing (533)
Have street view (28,893)
Lost (28,429)
Movable (3,114)
 NR-eligible (4,107)
Navigable waterway (2,204)
New Jersey (1,693)
Owned by state (16,554)
Replaced by new bridge (19,334)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,420)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (178)
Strauss Underneath Counterweight Bascule (51)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,183)

Update Log 

  • February 4, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Demolished and replaced.
  • December 5, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • March 27, 2016: New photos from Barry Caselli
  • December 16, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • August 8, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • April 17, 2014: HAER photo posted by James Baughn
  • February 21, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • June 8, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

Sources 

  • Nathan Holth
  • Douglas Butler
  • HAER NJ-89 - State Route 50 Bascule Bridge, Spanning Tuckahoe River at State Route 50, Tuckahoe, Cape May County, NJ
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Comments 

Tuckahoe River Bridge
Posted February 4, 2021, by Anonymous

this bridge was replaced with a higher fixed bridge