Bridge Street Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′42″N74°09′57″W / 40.7451°N 74.1657°W /40.7451; -74.1657 |
| Carries |  CR 508(Bridge Street & Harrison Avenue) |
| Crosses | Passaic River |
| Locale | Newark andHarrison, New Jersey |
| Owner | Essex County |
| ID number | 0700H03 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Through trussswing bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 371.1 feet (113.1 m) |
| Width | 40.4 feet (12.3 m) |
| Longest span | 122.1 feet (37.2 m) |
| No. of spans | 2 |
| Clearance above | 12 feet (3.7 m)[1] |
| Clearance below | 6.9 feet (2.1 m) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | American Bridge Company |
| Opened | 1913 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 11,820 |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Bridge Street Bridge | |
Bridge Street Bridge is aswing bridge over thePassaic River connectingNewark andHarrison, New Jersey. It is the 10th bridge from the river's mouth atNewark Bay and is 5.7 miles (9.2 km) upstream from it.[1] Carrying vehicular traffic, the roadway is designatedCounty Route 508.[2]
The span is a rim-bearingPratt thru truss swing span supported onashlar substructure with concrete caps originally built by theAmerican Bridge Company. It opened in 1913 and underwent significant rehabilitation in 1981.[3] It is listed on theNew Jersey Register of Historic Places (ID#3093)[4] The bridge was re-lamped in 2012.[5][6] The bridge's electric motor was damaged byHurricane Sandy in 2012, requiring replacement.[7]
Like the other vehicular swing bridges in Newark, theJackson Street Bridge and theClay Street Bridge,[3] it crosses over the tidal navigable portion of the river.[1] and is required to open with 4-hour notice.[8] The swing bridges of Newark are expected to open as much as 10 times a day during a massive clean-up of the Passaic starting in 2019 to allow barges to move contaminated sludge dredged from the river bottom raising concerns about their reliability.[9]As of 2016 studies were underway to study its replacement.[10]
The site of Bridge Street Bridge has been a river crossing since the colonial era. In 1790 thestate legislature decided that "public good would be served by a 64 feet (20 m) wide road fromPaulus Hook to the Newark Courthouse". By 1795 a bridge over the Hackensack 950 feet (290 m) long and another over the Passaic 492 feet (150 m) long were built creating an uninterruptedtoll road connection.[11] The road between them is known as the Newark Turnpike.
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