The Glen Gardner Pony Pratt Truss Bridge is a historic
pony Pratt truss bridge on School Street (formerly Mill Street) crossing the
Spruce Run in
Glen Gardner of
Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was designed by Francis C. Lowthorp and built in 1870 by William Cowin of
Lambertville, New Jersey.
The bridge was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1977 for its significance in engineering, industry and transportation. It is one of the few early examples of iron Pratt truss bridges remaining in the United States.
[ With ] It was later documented by the
Historic American Engineering Record in 1991.
Description
The Glen Gardner bridge is one of three remaining composite
cast iron and
wrought iron Pratt truss bridges built by Cowin in New Jersey. The others are the
New Hampton Pony Pratt Truss Bridge (1868) in
New Hampton and the
Main Street Bridge (1870) in
Clinton
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. The single-span bridge is long and wide.
It features a pedestrian walkway with a decorative cast-iron railing.
Gallery
File:GLEN GARDNER PONY PRATT TRUSS BRIDGE, HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ.JPG, View looking east
File:GLEN GARDNER PONY PRATT TRUSS BRIDGE, HUNTERDON CTY, NJ.JPG, View looking west
File:Glen Gardner Pony Pratt Truss Bridge railing, Glen Gardner, NJ.jpg, Railing detail, looking north
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
References
External links
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{{NRHP in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Glen Gardner, New Jersey
Pratt truss bridges in the United States
National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Bridges completed in 1870
1870 establishments in New Jersey
Iron bridges in the United States