State Route 83 Grade Elimination – South Dennis NJ

City:
Dennis Township, South Dennis, NJ

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agency:
Unknown

Started:
1940

Completed:
1941

Description

State.NJ.us:

The last major grade elimination was in 1940-41 when a three-span encased steel stringer bridge (0512150, Dennis Township) over the PRSL was built as part of the South Dennis bypass (now NJ 83), a New Deal works project providing local employment (Dorwart, p. 222).

Source notes

The New Jersey Historic Bridge Survey: https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/environment/pdf/Survey_Doc.pdf (pages 126)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 9, 2015.

Location Info

State Route 83
South Dennis, NJ

Coordinates: 39.178714, -74.818014

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