Sixth Avenue Bridge

Sixth Avenue Bridge, aka the North Sixth Street Bridge, is a pony truss vehicular bridge over the Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey. It connects the Bunker Hill neighbourhood of Paterson and Prospect Park at the border with Hawthorne via North Sixth Street (CR 652). It was originally constructed 1907 as a steel structure supported on stone masonry piers and abutments and is one of several bridges built after the Passaic Flood of 1903. The older span opened was abruptly closed in 1986 after the Passaic County engineer at the time, Gaetano Fabrina, found that some steel beams had rusted and were "banging and clanging."

Sixth Avenue Bridge
Coordinates	40.9342°N 74.1667°W
Carries	CR 652 (North Sixth Street)
Crosses	Passaic River
Locale	Paterson and Prospect Park, New Jersey
Other name(s)	North Sixth Street Bridge
Owner	Passaic County
Maintained by	County
ID number	1600012[1]
Characteristics
Design	pony truss
Material	Steel
Total length	299.9 feet (91.4 m)
Width	23.6 feet (7.2 m)
Longest span	85.0 feet (25.9 m)
No. of spans	3
Clearance above	13.7 feet (4.2 m)
History
Construction end	1905 1987 rehab
Location
References
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In 1987, the crossing was rebuilt with temporary components which have since deteriorated. The simple panel steel-truss structure, cost $850,000 and was built in less than a year to build by the Acrow Corporation of Carlstadt. In 2015, the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority granted funds to study the bridges eventual restoration or replacement.[6][7]

See also

• Arch Street Bridge
• Straight Street Bridge
• West Broadway Bridge
• List of crossings of the Upper Passaic River
• List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River
• List of crossings of the Hackensack River
• Passaic River Flood Tunnel
•  Transport portal
•  Engineering portal
•  New Jersey portal

References

1. "Bridge Statistics for Paterson, New Jersey (NJ)". www.city-data.com.
2. "Historic Bridge Survey (1991-1994)" (PDF). NJDOT. 2001. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
3. "County Routes" (PDF). Passaic County.
4. "Passaic County Road System". Passaic County. 2001.
5. "Passaic River Bridge". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
6. "Sixth Avenue Bridge". NJTPA. 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
7. http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2017/02/17/public-input-sought-aging-bridge-passaic-co-bridge/98009134/