The Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge is a road bridge built over the
South Branch Raritan River
The South Branch Raritan River is a tributary of the Raritan River in New Jersey.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002.
Description
The source of the South Branch is the outflow from Budd Lake, a glacial remnant locate ...
at
Neshanic Station, New Jersey
Neshanic Station is an unincorporated community located within Branchburg and extending into Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. In 2016 most of the village was listed on the National Register of Historic Place ...
. It was constructed by the
Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
The Berlin Iron Bridge Company was a Berlin, Connecticut company that built iron bridges and buildings that were supported by iron. It is credited as the architect of numerous bridges and buildings now listed on the U.S. National Register of His ...
in 1896.
and listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
as a contributing structure to the
Neshanic Station Historic District
Neshanic Station is an Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities, unincorporated community located within Branchburg, New Jersey, Branchburg and extending into Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, Hillsborough Township, Somerset C ...
on February 8, 2016.
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Gallery
File:Lenticular Truss Bridge, Neshanic Station , NJ - looking east.jpg, End view
File:Neshanic lenticular truss bridge 3.jpg, Looking east over the river
File:Neshanic Mills, Neshanic Staion, NJ - area view.jpg, View from Neshanic Mills
Neshanic Mills is a historic district on the South Branch Raritan River along River Road and Mill Lane at Neshanic Station, Somerset County, New Jersey. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1978 for i ...
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List of crossings of the Raritan River
This is a list of road/highway and rail crossings of the Raritan River from the mouth at Raritan Bay upstream. It also includes crossings of its two branches: the North Branch Raritan River and the South Branch Raritan River
The South Branch Rar ...
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Bridges over the Raritan River
Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey
Bridges in Somerset County, New Jersey
Branchburg, New Jersey
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
Lenticular truss bridges in the United States
Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, New Jersey
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
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