The Kingston Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge crossing the

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on the border of Franklin Township in Somerset County, South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County and

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in Mercer County in

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. The borders for the three townships and their respective counties meet in the center of the bridge. The span used to carry

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over the

, but that road now bypasses the bridge on a newer span just to the north. It is Somerset County's oldest bridge, and is part of the

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, listed on the

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since 1986. With A previous bridge at the site was destroyed during the

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to halt advancing British troops. The current structure was completed in 1798.

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