Ken Lockwood Gorge Bridge

Ken Lockwood Gorge Bridge
View looking northwest
Coordinates40°41′51.2″N 74°52′20.5″W / 40.697556°N 74.872361°W / 40.697556; -74.872361 (Ken Lockwood Gorge Bridge)
CarriesColumbia Trail
CrossesSouth Branch Raritan River
LocaleKen Lockwood Gorge
Lebanon Township, New Jersey
Characteristics
Total length250 feet (76 m)
History
Opened1891 (1891)
Location
Map

The Ken Lockwood Gorge Bridge is a steel plate girder bridge built for the High Bridge Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) to cross the South Branch Raritan River in Ken Lockwood Gorge of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.[1] It is now open for pedestrian traffic on the Columbia Trail, a rail trail that starts in High Bridge.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Columbia Trail - Lockwood Gorge Bridge". HistoricBridges.org.
  2. ^ Hunterdon County, Division of Parks & Recreation. "Columbia Trail, Trail Map and Guide" (PDF). Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  3. ^ Helbing, Mike. "Hunterdon Rail Trails: Station To Station". Skylands Visitor.