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Bownes Road Bridge

Monmouth County, New Jersey

Photo 

Bownes Road Bridge

looking northwest

Photo taken by Geoff Hubbs in April 1987

License: Released into public domain

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BH Photo #486370

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Queenpost pony truss bridge over NJ Transit North Jersey Coast Line on Bownes Road
Location
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Railroads
- Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
- New Jersey Transit (NJTR)
- New York & Long Branch Railroad (NYLB)
Design
Queenpost pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.39391, -74.12110   (decimal degrees)
40°23'38" N, 74°07'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/574590/4471849 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 91307 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Central Railroad of New Jersey (126)
Lost (31,787)
Lost 1988 (197)
Lost during 1980s (1,640)
Middletown, New Jersey (2)
Monmouth County, New Jersey (86)
New Jersey (1,760)
 New Jersey Transit (171)
New York & Long Branch Railroad (14)
Owned by railroad (14,122)
Pony truss (17,547)
Queenpost truss (413)
Replaced by new bridge (21,679)
Truss (38,302)

Update Log 

  • November 30, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
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Bownes Road Bridge
Posted May 1, 2022, by P. McCue (ilcuontv [at] aol [dot] com)

Lived & worked in the area for 50 years. 'Word on the street' [not confirmed, but makes sense] is that when railroad originally went through, landowner was going to be cut off from the local road (Kings Hyway) by the new RR cut. So the deed [to the RR] specified that the RR had to provide access to the property owner 'in perpetuity'. The bridge re-build was paid for by the RR.