General Information
| Beginning of works: | 1960s |
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| Completion: | 1983 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
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Location
| Location: |
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Address: | NJ 18 |
| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 40° 30' 29.82" N 74° 27' 30.55" W |
Technical Information
There currently is no technical data available.
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The John A. Lynch Sr. Memorial Bridge is a bridge on Route 18 in the U.S. state of New Jersey spanning the Raritan River. The bridge connects Piscataway Township on the north with New Brunswick on the south.
History
Construction on the bridge had begun back in the late 1960s with the announcement of Route 18's upgrade to a freeway between New Brunswick and Middlesex, and by 1970, the bridge piers were in place. However, environmental concerns stalled the construction of the Route 18 freeway for almost a decade, and the piers stood unfinished until 1983 when the freeway and bridge were finally completed as far as River Road in Piscataway.
The bridge was originally known as the Raritan River Bridge, but was renamed in honor of John A. Lynch Sr., the former State Senator from the district that included New Brunswick and Piscataway, a former mayor of New Brunswick, and the father and namesake of John A. Lynch Jr., who held those positions at the time of the bridge's completion.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "John A. Lynch Sr. Memorial Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20051030 - Published on:
30/12/2009 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
