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TITLE:
Lower Bank Road Bridge, Spanning Mullica River, Egg Harbor City vicinity, Atlantic County, NJ
CALL NUMBER:
HAER NJ,1-EGHA.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 33 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 16 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Hill Construction Company
, Jean, transmitter
NOTE:
Survey number HAER NJ-73
Building/structure dates: 1926 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1975 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1989 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1990 subsequent work
Part of building/structure is in Washington vicinity, Burlington County, NJ.
Significance: In 1926, the bascule bridge replaced an earlier swing bridge at the same location. The present bridge was erected by Hill Construction Company. The bascule portion of the bridge is an excellent example of a patented Strauss short span bascule bridge with an overhead counterweight. The Strauss Company was a national leader in the design of bascule bridges. This bridge was executed during the company's flourishing period. As one journeys up the Mullica River from its mouth at Great Bay, the Lower Bank Bridge is the second one passes under. It serves as an essential link for both land and sea commerce in this portion of the scenic Pine Barrens of New Jersey.
SUBJECTS:
NEW JERSEY--Atlantic County--Egg Harbor City vicinity
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.nj1243
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF SOUTH ELEVATION
2. VIEW OF NORTH ELEVATION, SHOWING CLOSED BASCULE
3. VIEW OF NORTH ELEVATION, SHOWING OPEN BASCULE
4. OBLIQUE VIEW OF SOUTH ELEVATION
5. VIEW OF SOUTH ELEVATION OF BASCULE
6. VIEW OF SOUTH ELEVATION, SHOWING OPEN BASCULE
7. END VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING TOWARDS BURLINGTON COUNTY
8. END VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING TOWARDS ATLANTIC COUNTY
9. END VIEW OF BRIDGE WITH BASCULE OPEN, LOOKING TOWARDS ATLANTIC COUNTY
10. VIEW OF OPEN BASCULE, SHOWING STEEL AND WOOD FRAMING
11. VIEW OF COUNTERWEIGHT LINKING MECHANISM
12. DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH TRUNNION AND ELECTRICAL MOTOR
13. DETAIL VIEW SHOWING OUTSIDE OF NORTH RACK AND TRUNNION
14. DETAIL VIEW OF LOCKING MECHANISM, SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE
15. DETAIL VIEW OF GEARING
16. VIEW OF BULKHEAD AND PILE BENT, SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE
17. PROPOSED PILE TRESTLE BRIDGE
18. STRESS SHEET The Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.
19. MOVING LEAF The Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.
20. TRUNNION POST & CTWT FRAME The Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.
21. OPERATING MACHINERY The Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.
22. TRUNNIONS BEARINGS & END LOCK The Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.
23. ERECTION AND ANCHOR BOLT PLAN Fort Pier Bridge Works
24. DETAILS OF TRUNNION POSTS Fort Pitt Bridge Works
25. DETAILS OF BASCULE GIRDER Fort Pitt Bridge Works
26. DETAILS OF BASCULE GIRDER Fort Pitt Bridge Works
27. DETAILS OF TRUSS Fort Pitt Bridge Works
28. DETAILS OF CWT FRAME-CWT POST Fort Pitt Bridge Works
29. DETAILS OF LATTICE GIRDER AND TRUNNION POSTS Fort Pitt Bridge Works
30. DETAILS OF STRUTS-BRACKETS-COUNTERWEIGHT LINKS Fort Pitt Bridge Works
31. DETAILS OF FLOOR BEAMS-LATERALS-BRACES, ETC. Fort Pitt Bridge Works
32. DETAILS OF LADDERS, POCKET COVERS AND HANDRAIL Fort Pitt Bridge Works
33. MOTORIZATION OF MULLICA RIVER BRIDGES
CONTROL #:
NJ1243
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