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NJ147 Grassy Sound Channel Bridge (Old)

Cape May County, New Jersey

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Grassy Sound Channel Bridge (Old)

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #339533

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Grassy Sound Channel on NJ 147 (North Wildwood Boulevard)
Location
Cape May County, Cape May County, New Jersey
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1922; Counterweight collapsed into the river 1971; Replaced 1994
Builder
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Deck plate girder bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 76.1 ft.
Total length: 712.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.02769, -74.81186   (decimal degrees)
39°01'40" N, 74°48'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/516285/4319866 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Stone Harbor
Inventory numbers
NJ 0517151 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 69662 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,084)
Built 1922 (743)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Cape May County, New Jersey (21)
Deck girder (6,305)
Girder (11,172)
Lost (28,511)
Lost 1994 (445)
Lost during 1990s (4,146)
 Movable (3,115)
New Jersey (1,693)
Plate girder (8,727)
Replaced by new bridge (19,391)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,654)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (178)
Strauss Underneath Counterweight Bascule (51)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,062)

Update Log 

  • July 12, 2021: Updated by Douglas Butler: Added builder
  • February 12, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 4, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • October 17, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added build date and corrected loss date. Merged 1992 NBI
  • October 17, 2015: Added by Douglas Butler

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