Nevius Street Bridge

Raritan Bridge

Nevius Street Raritan Bridge
Location Nevius Street over the Raritan River, Hillsborough Township and Raritan Borough
Coordinates 40°33′52.6″N 74°38′8.41″W / 40.564611°N 74.6356694°W / 40.564611; -74.6356694Coordinates: 40°33′52.6″N 74°38′8.41″W / 40.564611°N 74.6356694°W / 40.564611; -74.6356694
Built 1886
Architect Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural style Other
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 Township and Raritan Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. In the 1840s a wooden bridge crossed at this location. The current 150-foot-long (46 m) bridge was built in 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 in 2005;[3] the bridge now serves as a pedestrian bridge, connecting River Road in Hillsborough with the Raritan River Greenway. Joannes 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.[4]

The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Raritan Bridge.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Bridges of New Jersey
  3. ↑ Raritan River over Lyman Street
  4. ↑ Story of an Old Farm


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