The Bridges of New Jersey: Portraits of Garden State Crossings

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CONTENTS Preface xi Introduction 1 ARCH BRIDGES 23 Stony Brook Bridge 26 Kingston Bridge 28 Princeton Pike Bridge (Mercer Street Bridge) 30 Opossum Road Bridge 31 North Branch Viaduct 32 Albany Street Bridge 34 Georgian Court Bridge 35 Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge 37 Branch Brook Park Bridges 39 Washington Road Bridge 42 Delaware River Viaduct 44 Paulinskill Viaduct 46 Morris Goodkind Bridge 47 Tacony-Palmyra Bridge 48 Bayonne Steel Arch Bridge 51 Newark Bay Bridge 54 TRUSS BRIDGES 56 Musconetcong Bridge 59 West Main Street Bridge 61 School Street Bridge 62 Rosemont–Raven Rock Road Bridge 63 Jacobs Creek (Bear Tavern Road) Bridge 65 Calhoun Street Bridge 66 Nevius Street Bridge 68 Main Street (Califon) Bridge 70 Higginsville Road Bridges 71 Neshanic Station Bridge 73 Ward Street Bridge 75 Dingman’s Ferry Bridge 76 New Hope–Lambertville Bridge 78 Washington Crossing Bridge 79 Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge 80 Centre (Stockton) Bridge 83 Lower Trenton (“Trenton Makes”) Bridge 84 Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge 87 Betsy Ross Bridge 88 COVERED BRIDGES 91 Green Sergeant’s Bridge 92 CANTILEVER BRIDGES 94 Northampton Street Bridge 97 Goethals Bridge 100 Outerbridge Crossing 103 Pulaski Skyway 104 Commodore John Barry Bridge 108 SUSPENSION BRIDGES 110 Riegelsville Bridge 112 Benjamin Franklin Bridge 114 George Washington Bridge 118 Lumberville Pedestrian Bridge 122 Delaware Memorial Bridge 123 Walt Whitman Bridge 125 MOVABLE BRIDGES 128 Delair Lift Bridge 130 Newark Swing Bridges 131 Federal Street Bridge 133 Court Street Bridge 135 Wittpenn Bridge 137 Dorset Avenue Bridge 139 Burlington-Bristol Bridge 140 Oceanic Bridge 142 Arthur Kill Lift Bridge 144 GIRDER BRIDGES 147 Scudder Falls Bridge 149 Concluding Words 153 Bibliography 155 Index 169 Page x is blank. ...