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By Richard J. Garlipp Jr.

within the 18th and nineteenth centuries, lined bridges dotted the panorama of recent Jersey, supplying secure passage to tourists. Forty-five coated bridges as soon as crossed waterways in all corners of the nation. might be the main striking examples of those wood bridges have been discovered alongside the western border, crossing the Delaware River into neighboring Pennsylvania. those bridges have been feats of building and engineering yet have been eventually not able to avoid the inevitable destiny of virtually all of the lined bridges of the country, specifically ice, floods, and fireplace in addition to the advance of recent fabrics and expertise. this day, just one coated bridge survives in New Jersey. the golf green Sergeant's coated bridge in Hunterdon County was once built over the Wickecheoke Creek in 1872 and has stood the try of time. New Jersey's coated Bridges showcases the wealthy transportation heritage of those buildings and pictorially honors the misplaced ones.

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