Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge

Green Sergeants Covered Bridge
Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge
Nearest city Stockton, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°26′39″N 74°57′59″W / 40.44417°N 74.96639°W / 40.44417; -74.96639Coordinates: 40°26′39″N 74°57′59″W / 40.44417°N 74.96639°W / 40.44417; -74.96639
Built 1872
Architect Charles Ogden Holcombe
Part of Covered Bridge Historic District (#99000269]])
NRHP reference # 74001165[1]
NJRHP # 1582[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 19, 1974
Designated CP March 5, 1999
Designated NJRHP July 1, 1974

Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek near the border between the Hunterdon Plateau and Amwell Valley located in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As the last historic covered bridge in the state of New Jersey, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (the Scarborough Bridge in Cherry Hill is the only other covered bridge in New Jersey). The bridge was first constructed in 1872, but after being damaged in 1960, it was dismantled and replaced with a modern bridge.[3] In 1961, due to public outcry, the bridge was rebuilt from the original materials.[3][4]

The bridge has been damaged numerous times over the course of its history by vehicles striking the bridge structure, most recently in 2013 when a truck damaged the support beams of the bridge.[5]

It is a contributing structure in the Covered Bridge Historic District.

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hunterdon County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2006. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge Association, onsite descriptions
  4. ↑ Frassinelli, Mike (April 25, 2011). "Only N.J. covered bridge harkens back to bygone era". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ Wright, Terry (February 26, 2013). "Truck hits New Jersey's last historic covered bridge. Again". Hunterdon County Democrat. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
Front of the eastern side of the bridge as seen from Rosemont-Ringoes Road (CR 604)


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