Rating:
25232
{83}%
2 votes
Wittpenn Bridge (1930)
Photos
Photo taken by Doug Kerr in February 2011
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BH Photo #195615
Description
One of 3 adjacent Hackensack River lift bridges; includes former PRR freight bridge (now Conrail) and PRR passenger (now PATH).
Facts
- Overview
- Lost vertical lift bridge over Hackensack River on NJ 7 in Jersey City
- Location
- Hudson County, New Jersey
- Future prospects
- Demolition started in October 2021.
- History
- Built 1930; rehabilitated 1957; demolished in 2022
- Builders
- - Harrington, Howard & Ash of Kansas City, Kansas & New York, New York
- Sigvald Johannesson
- Strobel Steel Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Design
- Vertical lift through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 206.0 ft.
Total length: 2,126.1 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.74051, -74.08159 (decimal degrees)
40°44'26" N, 74°04'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/577542/4510357 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Jersey City
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 50,490
- Inventory numbers
- NJ 0909150 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25232 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of May 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 32 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 24, 2022: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- December 20, 2021: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Updated status
- November 27, 2021: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
- August 2, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
- October 11, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- July 12, 2019: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
- May 6, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- October 22, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed. (Confirmed By Field Visit)
- August 28, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
- July 13, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
- March 21, 2011: New photo from Doug Kerr
- May 28, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
Sources
- Doug Kerr
- Wikipedia
- Douglas Butler
- Nathan Holth
- Geoff Hubbs
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
- Flickr - Russ Sullivan photo- old and new Wittpenn Bridges
More views (in the eastbound directio)