Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek
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Lower Creek Road truss bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek | |
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| Location | Lower Creek Road over the Wickecheoke Creek, Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°25′18.7″N 74°58′47.1″W / 40.421861°N 74.979750°W |
| Built | c. 1915 |
| Built by | Eastern Steel Company |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey MPDF |
| NRHP reference No. | 100011840[1][2] |
| NJRHP No. | 6056[3] |
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| Added to NRHP | May 23, 2025 |
| Designated NJRHP | April 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]
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]
