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Raritan Bridge
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| Location: | Nevius St. over Raritan R., Bridgewater and Hillsborough Townships, Raritan, New Jersey |
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| Built: | 1886 |
| Architect: | Wrought Iron Bridge Co. |
| Architectural style: | Other |
| Governing body: | Local |
| MPS: | Metal Truss Bridges in Somerset County MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: |
92001526 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | November 12, 1992 |
The Nevius Street Bridge once carried car traffic across the Raritan River between Hillsborough and Raritan. In the 1840s a wooden bridge crossed at this location. The current 150-foot-long (46 m) bridge was built 1886 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. It is a double intersection Pratt truss bridge[2]. The construction of the nearby John Basilone Veterans Memorial Bridge replaced the Nevius Street Bridge, which now serves as a pedestrian bridge, connecting River Road in Hillsborough with the Raritan River Greenway. Johannes Nevius was born in Zoelen, Netherlands in 1627 and emigrated to New Amsterdam in 1651. His grandson, Petrus or Peter Nevius, was the first with the Nevius name to come to the Raritan Valley in Somerset County. [3].
The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Raritan Bridge.[1]
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