Passaic River Bridge

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Open for boat traffic

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013

BH Photo #289340

Overview: Bascule bridge over Passaic River on NJ 3 in Clifton
Location: Passaic County, New Jersey, and Bergen County, New Jersey
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1949; last opened in 1980
Design: Bascule
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 699.2 ft.
Deck width: 77.8 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.82333, -74.12500 (decimal degrees)
40°49'24" N, 74°07'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/573785/4519513 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Orange
Average daily traffic (as of 2018): 137,200
Inventory numbers: NJ 1601164 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25468 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2018): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 82 (out of 100)
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Passaic River Bridge

Posted March 7, 2013, by Craig Nunn (dystopicnj [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge (NJ Route 3 bridge over the Passaic River) is now demolished and replaced with a new bridge. Here is an article about the demolition of the old bridge: http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/02/final_explosion_a...

And here is a photo of the new bridge on one of the days the piers of the old bridge were being blown up: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=201930499939111&set=....