Jackson Street Bridge, Spanning Passaic River, Newark, Essex County, NJ
Summary
Significance: The Jackson Street Bridge was constructed in the area of the Morris Canal, a current National Register property, on the former site if Balback Smelting and Refining Company, by Fagan Iron Works whose founder, Lawrence Fagan, was a prominent and influential businessman and politician. The structure is an early steel span truss bridge that has a unique curved chord lattice truss (also known as curved chord quadruple intersection truss), for both fixed and swing spans.
Survey number: HAER NJ-54
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Newark (N.J.), 40.73566, -74.17237
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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