National Register of Historic Places

Old Stone Arch Bridge

Bound Brook Borough, Middlesex, Somerset County, New Jersey
Listed
June 26, 2008
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
08000550

About this property

The Old Stone Arch Bridge is a bridge located in Bound Brook, New Jersey, United States. It is the second-oldest extant bridge in the US, after the Frankford Avenue Bridge (built in 1697) over Pennypack Creek in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1731, it is the oldest bridge in New Jersey. It spans the Green Brook and connects Bound Brook (Somerset County) with Middlesex Borough (Middlesex County) in northern central New Jersey. The bridge also carried the Great Road Up Raritan, laid out in 1681, which was created by an act of the assembly of the Province of East Jersey. In 1764, the colonial highway, west of what is now Lambertville on the Delaware River and east of Elizabethtown Point on Newark Bay, was christened Old York Road. The highway represented the shortest route between Philadelphia and New York City (reached by ferry). It was built shortly after the King's Highway and called a variety of names, but it was most prominently known as the Upper Road when the Assunpink Trail was widened. The bridge allowed farmers, plantation owners, and all those west and north of the Raritan River a direct 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 due to the construction of a railroad embankment.

Location

Bound Brook Borough, Middlesex, Somerset County, New Jersey
40.56049, -74.52683

Categories

TRANSPORTATIONMILITARYENGINEERINGHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINAL
Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Nearby Battles

Battle of Millstone (Drake's Farm)
1777Revolutionary War
0.4 mi
Battle of Bound Brook (New Jersey)
1777Revolutionary War
0.5 mi
Battle of Bound Brook (Second)
1777Revolutionary War
0.6 mi
Action at Bound Brook
1777Revolutionary War
0.7 mi
Battle of Punk Hill
1777Revolutionary War
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When was Old Stone Arch Bridge listed on the National Register?

Old Stone Arch Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 2008.

What type of historic resource is Old Stone Arch Bridge?

Old Stone Arch Bridge is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Old Stone Arch Bridge is recorded as the industrial era.

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