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This ca. 1890 bridge was relocated here in 1913 and is a very old rivet-connected truss bridge with unusual design details including lack of verticals and use of u-bolt hangers. U-bolts are usually only found on pin-connected truss bridges.
Someone thought it would be a great idea to add cyclone fencing to this bridge. It started on one side of the bridge and later someone took it even further and fenced the other truss too. This should be removed and replaced with something that does not make the bridge look ugly. This is one of the finest and most significant historic bridges in the county and should be treated as such.
A similar (but not identical) bridge is found in New York State. The builder of both is unknown.
Information and Findings From Pennsylvania's Historic Bridge InventoryDiscussion of Bridge The single span, 55'-long, Warren pony truss bridge built in 1913 is supported by concrete abutments. An unusual detail is the paired U-shaped hangers for the rolled floorbeams. The hangers sit on cast-metal saddles placed above the riveted connections of the lower panel points. U-shaped floorbeam hangers are a typical detail of late-19th-century pin-connected truss bridges, but are rare with rivet-connected truss bridges. Beginning in the late 1890s, rivet-connected truss bridges gained popularity because of improvements in field riveting technology, and in the transition from pinned to riveted truss bridges, U-shaped floorbeam hangers were largely abandoned in favor of riveted floorbeam connections, especially with the popular Warren truss design. The paired hangers of this 1913 Warren truss bridge are thus a rare and technologically significant holdover detail from an earlier period of pin-connected truss design. No other bridges of similar age and type identified by the survey have a similar paired U-shaped hanger with saddle floorbeam connection detail. Discussion of Surrounding Area The single lane bridge carries a street and a sidewalk over a stream in an area of late-20th-century residences in New Milford Borough. The setting does not appear to have historic district potential. Bridge Considered Historic By Survey: Yes |
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