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Valley Road Bridge

Mercer County, New Jersey

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge with truss decorations over Moore's Creek on Valley Road
Location
Mercer County, New Jersey
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1973
Design
Steel stringer with historic trusses of the Bear Tavern Bridge placed as decorations.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 64.0 ft.
Total length: 69.9 ft.
Deck width: 28.5 ft.
Also called
Bear Tavern Bridge
Moore's Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.33543, -74.89912   (decimal degrees)
40°20'08" N, 74°53'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/508568/4464993 (zone/easting/northing)
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
4,080
Inventory numbers
NJ 1100067 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 82530 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 68.4 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Beam (15,705)
Built 1973 (102)
Built during 1970s (942)
Lost (24,711)
Lost 2018 (187)
Lost during 2010s (3,279)
Mercer County, New Jersey (80)
 New Jersey (1,522)
Owned by county (20,778)
Replaced by new bridge (16,565)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,073)
Steel stringer (6,220)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,299)

Update Log 

  • August 14, 2018: Added by Nathan Holth

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Valley Road Bridge
Posted August 15, 2018, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

It is. They replaced the concrete span with a new one. I heard rumors that they would do this with the Bear Tavern Road truss because the prior bridge on the Valley road site (before 1973) was a King Through Pratt. I tried to get them to keep the truss intact elsewhere in the area but due to my health, I wasn't able to be as active in that pursuit as I had hoped.

Now the county is looking to replace the Mine Road Bridge due to minor damage from a tree. I'm trying to rally the locals but may need help.

Regards,

Art. S.

Valley Road Bridge
Posted August 14, 2018, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I believe the new location for the Bear Tavern bridge is this bridge.

The trusses were placed as non-functional decorations. http://mercerme.com/old-jacobs-creek-bridge-at-new-home-on-v...

Its been widened and the overhead bracing is really weird looking, its not consistent throughout the width. Not sure who came up with that design.