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Point Pleasant Canal Bridge (Old)

Ocean County, New Jersey

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Point Pleasant Canal Bridge (Old)

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013

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BH Photo #288648

Map 

Description 

Double leaf bascule bridge replaced with a vertical lift bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck girder bridge over Point Pleasant Canal on NJ 88
Location
Point Pleasant, Ocean County, New Jersey
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced 1986
Design
Deck girder bascule
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.08357, -74.06665   (decimal degrees)
40°05'01" N, 74°03'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/579574/4437449 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Point Pleasant
Inventory number
BH 61757 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,070)
Deck girder (5,792)
Girder (10,316)
Lost (25,085)
Lost 1986 (163)
Lost during 1980s (1,405)
 Movable (2,997)
New Jersey (1,591)
Ocean County, New Jersey (38)
Owned by state (16,076)
Point Pleasant, New Jersey (1)
Replaced by new bridge (16,867)

Update Log 

  • March 7, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 22, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 18, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
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Comments 

Point Pleasant Canal Bridge (Old)
Posted July 10, 2016, by David Caputo (davidacaputo [at] msn [dot] com)

I am a life long resident of Point Pleasant and I have fond memories of the old route 88 bridge. I heard that the bridge was sold and it is somewhere in Texas. Is this true, and where is it now?

Thank You,

David Caputo