Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek

Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek
Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek is located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek
Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek is located in New Jersey
Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek
Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek is located in the United States
Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek
LocationLower Creek Road over the Wickecheoke Creek, Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Coordinates40°25′18.7″N 74°58′47.1″W / 40.421861°N 74.979750°W / 40.421861; -74.979750 (Old Mill Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek)
Builtc. 1915
Built byEastern Steel Company
MPSHistoric Bridges of Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey MPDF
NRHP reference No.100011840[1][2]
NJRHP No.6056[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 23, 2025
Designated NJRHPApril 8, 2025

The Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek is a historic Warren truss bridge located in Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. Built around 1915, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 23, 2025, for its significance in engineering and transportation.[4] It was listed as part of the Historic Bridges of Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Multiple Property Submission (MPS).[5]

History and description

The oldest parts of the bridge, the abutment and wingwalls, are from 1899. The single-lane, two-span Warren pony truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek was built around 1915 by the Eastern Steel Company of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. It is located near the Wickecheoke Creek Preserve managed by the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.[4]

View of bridge looking northeast

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#100011840)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Weekly List 2025 05 23". National Park Service. May 23, 2025.
  3. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Hunterdon County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 25, 2025. p. 5.
  4. ^ a b Cielo, Carla (September 2024). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek (Draft) (PDF). National Park Service. With accompanying 16 photos.
  5. ^ Scott, Caroline Charlese; Cielo, Carla; Kinney, Jonathan (July 2016). "Historic Bridges of Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey". National Park Service.
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