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Alloway Creek Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 39.508889,-75.460833

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Carries CR 658 over Alloway Creek
Design: other
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 216.9 Feet
Span Length: 76.1 Feet

Overview: Swing bridge over Alloway Creek on CR 658
History: Built 1952
Built: 1952

Location: Salem County

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314739

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Alloway Creek Bridge

New Jersey

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Alloway Creek Bridge

Status: Closed to all traffic
Slated for demolition and replacement.

Location: 39.528105,-75.450633

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Carries CR 623 over Alloway Creek
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Steel Swing Through truss, Center Bearing; Warren Pony Truss on east approach
Total Length: 152.9 Feet
Span Length: 48.9 Feet

Overview: Swing bridge over Alloway Creek on CR 623
History: Built 1905, altered 1976, closed 1991
Built: 1905

Location: Salem County

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195244

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Photo taken by Doug Kerr in March 2011

195245

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Photo taken by Doug Kerr in March 2011

195246

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Photo taken by Doug Kerr in March 2011

195247

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Photo taken by Doug Kerr in March 2011

195248

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Photo taken by Doug Kerr in March 2011

195249

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Photo taken by Doug Kerr in March 2011

195250

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Photo taken by Doug Kerr in March 2011

201326

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Abutment

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201327

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Bottom chord connection

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201328

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Bottom chord over pier

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201329

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Connection at abutment

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201330

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Deck with guard rail

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201331

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Deck

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201332

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Decking patched

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201333

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Diagonal

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201334

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Diagonals meet top chord and vertical post

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201335

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201336

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201337

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201338

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Finial northwest side closer shot

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201339

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Finial northwest side tighter shot

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201340

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Finial northwest side wide shot

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201341

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Finial on southeast close up

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201342

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Finial on southeast side

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201343

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Gear

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201344

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Lackawanna

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201345

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Long view looking south

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201346

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Looking South

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201347

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Mid connections

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201348

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Pony Truss bottom chord east side

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201349

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Pony truss east side

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201350

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Pony truss lower chord and abutment

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201351

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Pony truss northwest end

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201352

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Pony truss on west side

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201353

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Pony truss top chord on west

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201354

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Pony truss top chord

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201355

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Pony truss top close up

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201356

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Pony truss west side

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201357

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Portal bracing knee close up

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201358

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Portal bracing knee mid shot

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201359

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Stringer beams

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201360

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Top chord 2

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201361

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Top chord connection

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201362

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Top chord wider shot

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201363

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Top chord

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201364

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Truss webbing 1 West

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201365

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Truss Webbing 1

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201366

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Truss webbing 2 West

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201367

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Truss Webbing 2

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201368

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Truss webbing 3 West

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201369

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Truss webbing 3

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201370

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Truss Webbing and guard rail

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201371

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Truss webbing and portal bracing

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201372

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Truss webbing on east side

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201373

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Truss webbing

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201374

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Under deck

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201375

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Vertical connection

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201376

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View from curb rail

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201377

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View from east side north to south

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201378

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View of Gear and Center Pier

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201379

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View of water to east

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201380

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West view from north side

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218451

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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

218452

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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

218453

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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

334558

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Alloway Creek Bridge

New Jersey

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014

490429

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Douglas Butler's Tech Drawing.

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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Oldmans Creek Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 39.586434,-75.310588

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Carries CR 605 over Oldmans Creek
Design: arch/deck
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 26.9 Feet
Span Length: 26.9 Feet

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Oldmans Creek on CR 605
History: Built 1923
Built: 1923

Location: Salem County

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Oldmans Creek Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 39.785579,-75.406753

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Carries US 130 over Oldmans Creek
Design: other
Design Details: Vertical lift with a thru-girder deck; the approach (3 spans) are encased steel stringers with concrete balustrades
Total Length: 228.0 Feet
Span Length: 85.0 Feet

Overview: Vertical lift bridge over Oldmans Creek on US 130
History: Built 1936; altered 1968ca; rehabilitated 1996
Built: 1936

Location: Salem County

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201961

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Photo taken by Jodi Christman in June 2011

201962

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201963

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201964

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View east

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201965

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201966

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201967

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201968

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View West

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201969

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201970

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201971

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201972

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201973

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201974

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201975

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201976

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201977

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Bridgetender building

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201978

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201979

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201980

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201981

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201982

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201983

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201984

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201985

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201986

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201987

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201988

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201989

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201990

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201991

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201992

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201993

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201994

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201995

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201996

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201997

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201998

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201999

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202000

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202001

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Oldmans Creeek Bridge

New Jersey

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013

489394

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View from south

Photo taken by Josh Schmid in December 2017

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Pedricktown Bridge

Status: Replaced by new concrete bridge

Location: 39.761212,-75.401959

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Carries CR 642 over Oldmans Creek
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 168.0 Feet
Span Length: 61.0 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss swing bridge over Oldmans Creek on CR 642
History: Built 1905; Replaced in 2010
Built: 1905

Location: Salem County

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202025

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UCEB...sad

Photo taken by Jodi Christman June 13, 2011

202026

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New bridge dated 2010

Photo taken by Jodi Christman June 13, 2011

222751

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Original Bridge from older imagery on Bing Maps

Bing Maps copyright 2011 DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, USGS, USDA Farm Service Agency

314691

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Pedricktown Bridge

Swing bridge replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013

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Salem River Bridge

Status: No longer exists

Location: 39.578056,-75.477222

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Carries NJ 49 over Salem River
Design: other
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 386.2 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost bascule bridge over Salem River on NJ 49 in Salem
History: Built 1927; replaced 2005
Built: 1927

Location: Salem County

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285511

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Salem River Bridge

Route 49

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

285512

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Salem River Bridge

Opposite view

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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Salem bridge

Photo taken by Mango AC

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Alloway Creek Bridge (Older)

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 39.548191,-75.414237

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Carries Salem Quinton Road over Alloway Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren/no-verticals
Design Details: Warren pony truss with no verticals
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Alloway Creek on Salem Quinton Road
History:
Built:

Location: Salem County

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Alloway Creek Bridge (Older)

1900 view

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Salem Canal Bridge

Status: No longer exists

Location: 39.681594,-75.491171

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Carries Shell Road over Salem Canal
Design: unknown
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Bridge over Salem Canal on Shell Road
History: Built 1930
Built: 1930

Location: Salem County

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Alloway Creek Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 39.548074,-75.414078

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Carries Route 49 Salem Quinton Road over Alloway Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Alloway Creek on Route 49 Salem Quinton Road
History: Built 1925
Built: 1925

Location: Salem County

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314689

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Alloway Creek bridge

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014

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Salem River Bridge

Status: No longer exists

Location: 39.654386,-75.488988

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Carries South Hook Road over Salem River
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 45.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Bridge over Salem River on South Hook Road
History:
Built:

Location: Salem County

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Penns Neck Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge in 1927, and that bridge was replaced in 2005.

Location: 39.578033,-75.476456

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Carries over Salem River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Three span Pratt through truss with one movable span. Not yet sure of moving mechanism.
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Salem River
History: This is the third bridge on this site. Built 1884; replaced 1927.
Built: 1884

Location: Salem County

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350418

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Location slightly offset upstream from current roadway.

Not sure how the near span moves. note the cables.

Photo uploaded by Art S

350439

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Penns Neck Bridge postcard

This bridge was replaced in 1927.

Historic postcard owned by Barry Caselli

350440

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Plaque seen in a small park on the Salem side of the current bridge.

See the bottom bridge listed on this plaque. Bridge replaced in 1927.

Photo taken by Barry Caselli in March 2016

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Removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in January 2018

466015

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Penns Neck Bridge Salem NJ

Photo uploaded by Art S.

466016

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1909 postmark

Photo uploaded by Art S.

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Salem Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 39.577737,-75.464682

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Carries Market Street over Fenwick Creek
Design: truss/through/lattice/town
Design Details: Town lattice through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Covered Bridge in Salem
History:
Built: 1831

Location: Salem County

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435938

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1909postmark

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442630

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early 1900s

Pic found by Don Morrison

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Parvin Lake Dam Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 39.506739,-75.129069

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Carries Parvin Mill Road over Muddy Run
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 54.1 Feet
Span Length: 25.9 Feet

Overview: Slab bridge over Muddy Run on Parvin Mill Road
History: Built 1941
Built: 1941

Location: Salem County

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Memorial Lake Dam Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 39.643628,-75.330327

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Carries Mill Street over Memorial Lake Outlet (Salem River)
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 46.9 Feet
Span Length: 22.0 Feet

Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Memorial Lake Outlet (Salem River) on Mill Street
History: Built 1922
Built: 1922

Location: Salem County

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Pedricktown Covered Bridge

Status: No longer exists

Location: 39.761204,-75.401976

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Carries over
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Bridge
History:
Built:

Location: Salem County

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465205

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1917 postmark

Photo uploaded by Art S.


Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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