Summit Avenue Bridge, Spanning New Jersey Transit tracks at Summit Avenue, Summit, Union County, NJ

Significance: The Summit Avenue Bridge is a contributing resource within the proposed Summit Historic District. The Summit Avenue Bridge is a component of an early grade separation project executed by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad in New Jersey during the first quarter of the twentieth century. The Summit Avenue Bridge is a typical example of a steel through plate girder bridge, the most prevalent bridge type used during the DL&W's grade separation work.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1644

Survey number: HAER NJ-76

Building/structure dates: 1992 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

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