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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 14 b&w photos |  5 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Abbett Avenue Bridge, Spanning Whippany River at Abbett Avenue, Morristown, Morris County, NJ
CALL NUMBER:
HAER NJ,14-MORTO,12-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 14 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 4 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER NJ-35
Building/structure dates: 1896 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1978 demolished
Significance: The Abbett Avenue Bridge is a late 19th Century (1896) single span pin connected Pratt pony truss. It is a representative example of 19th Century bridge construction. The bridge was originally constructed in 1896 and the road deck was reconstructed in 1941. It was a two-lane structure traversing the Whippany River which was accessible to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic. It was 73 feet long, 35 feet wide, and had a sidewalk on each side.
SUBJECTS:
NEW JERSEY--Morris County--Morristown
civil engineering
bridge construction
steel truss bridges
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nj0874
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING EAST
2. COUNTY BRIDGE 120, MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY
3. VIEW NORTHWEST
4. WALKWAY LOOKING NORTHWEST
5. 3/4 LOOKING NORTH
6. RAIL AND STRUT DETAIL
7. IRON POST LOOKING EAST
8. 3/4 SUPPORT DETAIL LOOKING NORTHWEST
9. HEAD ON SUPPORT DETAIL LOOKING WEST
10. SUPPORT DETAIL LOOKING WEST
11. DETAIL VIEW OF WELDED DATES - 1896/1941 (S.E. CORNER) 3 Photocopies of drawings labeled 'Bridge Rating Program by Boswell Engineering Company
12. PLAN AND PROFILE
13. ELEVATION
14. CROSS SECTION AND DETAIL 'A'
CONTROL #:
NJ0874
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