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Route 206 Raritan River Bridge, U.S. Route 206 over Raritan River, Somerville, Somerset County, NJ

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Route 206 Raritan River Bridge, U.S. Route 206 over Raritan River, Somerville, Somerset County, NJ

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Summary

Significance: The Route 206 Raritan River Bridge is a well-preserved example of a concrete open-spandrel, barrel-arch bridge, representative of the early work of New Jersey State Highway Department Chief Bridge Engineer Morris Goodkind. Goodkind made important contributions to twentieth-century highway bridge engineering, particularly of concrete bridges.
Survey number: HAER NJ-130
Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Goodkind, Morris
Hunter, W F
Lichtenberg, Arthur G
Edward H. Ellis Company
Alfson, Mary, transmitter
Tucher, Rob, photographer
Casella, Richard M, historian
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Somerville (N.J.)40.57427, -74.60988
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