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The Albany Street Bridge is a bridge that carries
The low stone
Historical photographs of the Albany Street Bridge
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Rutgers Cartography Lab
Bridges over the Raritan River Bridges in Middlesex County, New Jersey Bridges completed in 1887 Road bridges in New Jersey Highland Park, New Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey Stone arch bridges in the United States 1887 establishments in New Jersey {{NewJersey-bridge-struct-stub
Route 27
Route 27, or Highway 27, may refer to:
Australia
* Burke Developmental Road (Queensland)
* Zeehan Highway (Tasmania)
Canada
* Alberta Highway 27
* British Columbia Highway 27
* Manitoba Highway 27
* Prince Edward Island Route 27
* Saskatchew ...
in the U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
spanning the Raritan River
Raritan River is a major river of New Jersey. Its watershed drains much of the mountainous area of the central part of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.
History
Geologists assert that the lower Raritan provided t ...
. The bridge connects Highland Park on the east with New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
on the west. The bridge is so named because Route 27 in New Brunswick, from the Raritan River to Easton Avenue, is known locally as Albany Street.
History
The low stone arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ...
was built in 1887. It was widened in 1925, ten years after Route 27 had become part of the transcontinental Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway is the first transcontinental highway in the United States and one of the first highways designed expressly for automobiles. Conceived in 1912 by Indiana entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, and formally dedicated October 31, 1913 ...
. The bridge received modifications such as the chain link fencing in the 1980s. From the bridge's centennial in 1987 until 1991, a major renovation created a drastic traffic bottleneck in the area.
From the road, the appearance of the bridge is very modern. The best views of this historic arch bridge are from the banks of the Raritan River and from the nearby Northeast Corridor railroad bridge.
See also
*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 ...
*Route of the Lincoln Highway
''Note: A fully interactive online map of the Lincoln Highway and all of its re-alignments, markers, monuments and historic points of interest can be viewed at thLincoln Highway Association Official Map website''
As the Lincoln Highway was one of ...
External links
Historical photographs of the Albany Street Bridge
a
Rutgers Cartography Lab
Bridges over the Raritan River Bridges in Middlesex County, New Jersey Bridges completed in 1887 Road bridges in New Jersey Highland Park, New Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey Stone arch bridges in the United States 1887 establishments in New Jersey {{NewJersey-bridge-struct-stub