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Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge is a wooden
covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
over the
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near the border between the
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and
Amwell Valley The Amwell Valley is a small valley in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, between the Hunterdon Plateau and the Sourlands. It comprises Stockton, parts of Delaware Township, West Amwell, East Amwell, Flemington and Raritan Township. The regi ...
located in Delaware Township,
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 artist ...
on November 19, 1974 for its significance in engineering and transportation (the
Scarborough Bridge The Scarborough Bridge is a wooden covered bridge in the Barclay Farm neighborhood of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. It carries 2 lanes of Covered Bridge Road, as well as 2 sidewalks for pedestrians and bicyclists. The bridge was named after Bob Sca ...
in
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is the only other covered bridge in New Jersey). With It was added as a
contributing property In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
to the Covered Bridge Historic District in 1999.


History

In 1805, Charles Sergeant bought the property in the area. After his death in 1833, the property was inherited by his son, Richard Green Sergeant, the namesake of the bridge. The bridge was constructed in 1872, designed by Charles Ogden Holcombe of Lambertville. After being damaged in 1960, it was dismantled and replaced with a modern bridge.Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge Association, onsite descriptions In 1961, due to public outcry, the bridge was rebuilt from the original materials. The bridge has been damaged numerous times over the course of its history by vehicles striking the bridge structure, most recently in 2013 when a truck damaged the support beams of the bridge.


Gallery

File:Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge from CR 604.jpg, Front of the eastern side of the bridge as seen from Rosemont-Ringoes Road (
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See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey __NOTOC__ This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, Ne ...
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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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* * {{NRHP in Hunterdon County, New Jersey Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Wooden bridges in New Jersey Bridges completed in 1872 Bridges in Hunterdon County, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Historic American Buildings Survey in New Jersey