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Old Stone Arch Bridge (Bound Brook, New Jersey)

The Old Stone Arch Bridge is the second-oldest extant bridge in the United States following Pennypack Creek Bridge (also called the Frankford Avenue Bridge (built in 1697) 〔(Frankford Avenue Bridge ), Bridgehunter.com〕 in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest bridge in New Jersey having been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The Old Stone Arch Bridge was built in 1731 spanning the Green Brook, connecting Bound Brook (Middlesex County) and Middlesex Borough (Somerset County) in north central, New Jersey and carried the ''Great Road Up Raritan'' laid out in 1681 that was created by an act of the Assembly of the province of East Jersey.〔National Register of Historic Places Database, Road Up Raritan Historic District Registration Form http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=0〕 In 1764 the colonial highway, west to what is now Lambertville on The Delaware River and east to Elizabethtown Point on Newark Bay was christened ''Old York Road,'' This highway was the shortest route between Philadelphia and New York City (reached by ferry), the two most populous cities in the United States through the late 18th century. It was built shortly after the ''Kings Highway'' called a variety of names, but most prominently when the old Indian path, the Assunpink Trail was widened and only slightly improved, the ''Upper Road.''.〔New Jersey Historic Road Survey, New Jersey Department of Transportation, 2011〕 The bridge allowed farmers, plantation owners and everyone else west and north of the Raritan River a direct and practical route to the colonial ports of New Brunswick and Raritan Landing. Since the early 1870s the Old Stone Arch Bridge has been buried up to the parapets (stone walls along the roadway) due to construction of a railroad embankment.
==Description==

The bridge made from rough-hewn masonry and stone which is believed to be locally quarried is a classic, 3-arch edifice. The center span is about 17.9' and two side arches are about 12'6" (west) and 12'3 (east). The roadway between the exposed south and not visible north parapet which might at some point have been widened is about 26'. It has an overall length of about 79'6', making it even longer than the famous Pennypack Creek Bridge. Currently only the south parapet and a varying sized spandrel, 4' in the center and 6' at each end is visible. This is believed to indicate originally before the roadway was flattened out, it was a typical humpback or camelback bridge, typical of the day.〔National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet. Application for listing of Old Stone Arch Bridge. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/08000550.pdf〕 A concrete barrier like those used to on many highways was installed several years ago to protect the south parapet.〔 Only an obscure sign, often hidden behind weeds and wild bushes and large trucks and trailers that park alongside it identifies what lies beneath.

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