Nevius Street Bridge
Raritan Bridge | |
Nevius Street Bridge, 2012 | |
40°33′53″N 74°38′9″W / 40.56472°N 74.63583°W / 40.56472; -74.63583 | |
Built | 1886 (1886) |
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Built by | Wrought Iron Bridge Company |
Architectural style | Pratt through-truss |
MPS | Metal Truss Bridges in Somerset County |
NRHP reference No. | 92001526[1] |
NJRHP No. | 2526[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 12, 1992 |
Designated NJRHP | September 11, 1992 |
The Nevius Street Bridge is a double intersection Pratt truss bridge[3] that once carried car traffic across the Raritan River between Hillsborough Township and Raritan Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The bridge, described using its historic name, Raritan Bridge, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1992, for its engineering and method of construction.[1][4] It is part of the Metal Truss Bridges in Somerset County Multiple Property Submission (MPS).[5]
History
In the 1840s, a wooden bridge crossed at the current location. The current 150-foot-long (46 m) bridge was built in 1886 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio.[4] The construction of the nearby John Basilone Veterans Memorial Bridge replaced the Nevius Street Bridge in 2005.[6] The bridge now serves as a pedestrian bridge, connecting River Road in Hillsborough with the Raritan River Greenway.
The Raritan Water Power Canal is located at the north end of the bridge. The water pumping station built c. 1900 by James B. Duke and the canal hydroelectric power plant are not part of the NRHP listing, but are noted in the description section.[4]
Gallery
- Somerset County historical information, 2016
- Wrought Iron Bridge Company nameplate
- Water pumping station, 2018
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See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- List of crossings of the Raritan River
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#92001526)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 27, 2023. p. 9.
listed as Raritan Bridge (Nevius Street Bridge) (SI&A #18E0801)
- ^ Richman, Steven M. (2005). The Bridges of New Jersey: Portraits of Garden State Crossings. Rutgers University Press. pp. 68–70. ISBN 978-0-813-53510-4.
- ^ a b c McCahon, Mary; Harshbarger, Patrick (September 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Raritan Bridge". National Park Service. With accompanying 5 photos, from 1991
- ^ McCahon, Mary (June 1992). "Metal Truss Bridges of Somerset County, New Jersey, 1885-1927". National Park Service.
- ^ Raritan River over Lyman Street
External links
- Media related to Nevius Street Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
- "Nevius Street Bridge". Historical Marker Database.
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