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The Fink-Type Truss Bridge, also known as the Hamden Bridge, carried Hamden Road/River Road over the
South Branch Raritan River The South Branch Raritan River is a tributary of the Raritan River in New Jersey.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. Description The source of the South Branch is the outflow from Budd Lake, a glacial remnant locate ...
, the border between Clinton Township and Franklin Township, at Hamden near the Allerton section of
Hunterdon County, New Jersey Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 128,947, making it the state's 18th-most populous county,National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on December 24, 1974, for its significance in engineering. At the time of its nomination, it was one of the earliest surviving iron truss bridges in the United States. With The Fink truss bridge was patented by Albert Fink in 1854, and the Hunterdon county bridge, built 3 years later, was a nearly perfect example of the patented design. It collapsed as a result of an automobile collision in 1978. The remaining pieces were subsequently relocated to the Hunterdon County Government Center. It was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1984, which included photos from 1971.


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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey *
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Bridges See also *List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey References {{HAER list, ...
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Current listings Former listings References External links * {{National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey New ...
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List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks as designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers since it began the program in 1964. The designation is granted to projects, structures, and sites in the United State ...
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List of crossings of the Raritan River This is a list of road/highway and rail crossings of the Raritan River from the mouth at Raritan Bay upstream. It also includes crossings of its two branches: the North Branch Raritan River and the South Branch Raritan River The South Branch Rar ...


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