Beaver Brook Bridge

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Time Stands Still In Clinton

and in large parts of Hunterdon County, which is why we have so darn many 100+ year old trusses!

BUT this house is the key ... note the fancy porch columns and the front dormer.

Photo taken by Andrew Pearce in August 2012

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BH Photo #237986

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Description

Just your basic modern chunk of concrete, but 100 years ago it was a riveted Pratt pony truss made from angle sections with your basic lattice railing on the bride but with a nice railing along the walkway on the east side. Before that it was probably something wooden; Leigh Street has been part of Clinton since the very beginning, though it may not have always been called that.

Facts

Overview: Concrete rigid frame bridge over Beaver Brook on Leigh Street
Location: Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: originally built circa 1900, rebuild over the years, replaced with concrete slab 1970s?, new version built 2003
Design: Concrete rigid frame
Dimensions: Span length: 38.1 ft.
Total length: 38.1 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Also called: Leigh Street Bridge over the Beaver Brook
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.63611, -74.90944 (decimal degrees)
40°38'10" N, 74°54'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/507657/4498367 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: High Bridge
Average daily traffic (as of 2017): 7,540
Inventory numbers: NJ 1000098 (New Jersey bridge number)
Hunterdon County: N-3
BH 53241 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2017): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 82.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

April 30, 2020: Updated by Art Suckewer: corrected status
November 7, 2019: New photo from Art Suckewer
January 9, 2019: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
March 27, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
August 24, 2012: Added by Andrew Pearce

Sources

Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
Dana and Kay Klein