Facts
- Overview
- Vertical lift bridge over Hackensack River on NJ 7 in Jersey City
- Location
- Hudson County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1930; rehabilitated 1957
- Design
- Vertical lift
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 206.0 ft.
Total length: 2,126.1 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Inventory numbers
- NJ 0909150 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25232 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 04/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 32.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 20,000
Comments
Hackensack River Bridge
More views (in the eastbound directio)
Wittpenn (NJ Route 7) Bridge
The Wittpenn Bridge was built beginning in 1927 and opened November 5, 1930. It has been the site of several fatal accidents and has been the location of some hauntings (perhaps linked to the crashes). This deficent and obsolete span will be replaced by 2012 with a modern lift bridge with sholders.
Hackensack River Bridge
This bridge is properly known as the Wittpenn Bridge, named after the mayor of Jersey City at the time of its construction, Otto Wittpenn. Now that I know this site exists I will be happy to try to provide photos of some of the bridges in the NJ/NY area. I assume the more famous ones are covered, but I know and appreciate them all, even the more obscure ones.