The West Broadway Bridge, aka West Street Bridge and the Concrete-Metal Bridge, is a vehicular bridge over the
Passaic River
Passaic River ( ) is a river, approximately long, in Northern New Jersey. The river in its upper course flows in a highly circuitous route, meandering through the swamp lowlands between the ridge hills of rural and suburban northern New Jersey, ...
in
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike
Route 23 is a state highway in the northern part of New Jersey in the United States. The route runs from County Route 506 (Bloomfield Avenue) and County Route 577 (Prospect Avenue) in Verona, Essex County northwest to the border with New Yo ...]
, and connects to
County Route 509 at its west end.
The bridge was built in 1897 and restored in 2004. The flood of 1903 caused damage or destruction of most bridges in the vicinity of
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; the West Street bridge survived with serious damage.
The bridge is considered a nationally significant example of the
Melan arch bridge technology and one of earliest and the most important concrete-steel spans in the Northeast.
A historic bridge survey conducted by NJDOT from 1991–1994 determined that the bridge is eligible for listing on the
New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the
National Register of Historic Places. In March 1997, the
State Historic Preservation Office concurred (NJRHP #3959).
See also
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Arch Street Bridge
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Straight Street Bridge
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List of crossings of the Upper Passaic River
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List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River
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List of crossings of the Hackensack River
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List of county routes in Passaic County, New Jersey
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Melan Bridge
The Melan Bridge is located in Emma Sater Park on the east side of Rock Rapids, Iowa, United States. The structure is believed to be the third reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and fer ...
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Passaic River Flood Tunnel
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Bridges over the Passaic River
Arch bridges in the United States
Bridges completed in 1898
Road bridges in New Jersey
Transportation in Paterson, New Jersey
Buildings and structures in Paterson, New Jersey
Bridges in Passaic County, New Jersey
Concrete bridges in the United States
Steel bridges in the United States