West Broadway Bridge
The West Broadway Bridge, aka West Street Bridge and the Concrete-Metal Bridge, is a vehicular bridge over the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey. It carries West Broadway (CR 673), traditionally the Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike, and connects to County Route 509 at its west end.
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Roadway view in 2012
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The course and watershed of the Passaic and area prehistoric Lake Passaic
The bridge was built in 1897 and restored in 2004. The flood of 1903 caused damage or destruction of most bridges in the vicinity of Paterson; the West Street bridge survived with serious damage.
The bridge is considered a nationally significant example of the Melan arch bridge technology and one of earliest and the most important concrete-steel spans in the Northeast. A historic bridge survey conducted by NJDOT from 1991–1994 determined that the bridge is eligible for listing on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places. In March 1997, the State Historic Preservation Office concurred (NJRHP #3959).
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See also
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- Arch Street Bridge
- Straight Street Bridge
- List of crossings of the Upper Passaic River
- List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River
- List of crossings of the Hackensack River
- List of county routes in Passaic County, New Jersey
- Melan Bridge
- Passaic River Flood Tunnel
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