Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Shrewsbury River on NJ 36 in Highlands
- Location
- Monmouth County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1932; rehabilitated 1960
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 1,241.2 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Inventory numbers
- NJ 1315150 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25405 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 21,746
Comments
Shrewsbury River Bridge
Bridge is now reduced to two lanes and is under demo by contractor JH Reid.
NJDOT is replacing bridge with a 65 foot fixed span bridge due to be completed in 2011.
Cost of new span is $125 million
Three live webcams are online to watch traffic on the span.
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/511/conditions.shtm
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Shrewsbury River Bridge
The state of NJ is currently planning to destroy this bridge and replace it with a 70' high fixed span bridge.
Local citizens are opposing the plan, favoring repairing or replacing the bridge in its current form.
