Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges | |
|---|---|
) Donald (front) and Morris (back) Goodkind bridges | |
| Coordinates | 40°29′33″N 74°24′47″W / 40.492623°N 74.413124°W |
| Carries |  US 1Bicycles and pedestrians |
| Crosses | Raritan River |
| Locale | New Brunswick and Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey |
| Other name(s) | College Bridge[1] |
| Named for | Morris Goodkind, Chief Bridge Engineer and designer Donald Goodkind, son of Morris and designer of steel bridge |
| Maintained by | NJDOT |
| NJ Bridge ID | NJ 1203150[2] |
| Preceded by | Albany Street Bridge ){kind=small} |
| Followed by | Basilone Bridge ){kind=small} ){kind=small} |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Open spandrel deck arch[1] |
| Material | Reinforced concrete (Morris) Steel (Donald)[3] |
| Total length | 1,902 feet (580 m)[2] |
| Width | 49.9 feet (15.2 m)[2][1] |
| Longest span | 202.1 feet (61.6 m)[2][1] |
| No. of spans | 15 |
| Clearance below | 100 feet (30 m)[1] |
| History | |
| Architect | Morris Goodkind[1] |
| Designer | Morris Goodkind |
| Constructed by | Parker and Graham Inc.[1] |
| Opened | 1929 (Morris) 1976 (Donald) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 55,658 (2013)[2] |
| Location | |
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The Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges are a pair of bridges on U.S. Route 1 in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The bridges cross the Raritan River, connecting Edison on the north bank with New Brunswick on the south.
The northbound span, a concrete arch bridge, is named after its designer, New Jersey Highway Department engineer Morris Goodkind. This span was completed in 1929 and reflects the Art Deco styling of the time. Along both sides of the bridge, there are historical plaques that read of the site's significance to both the Lenape Indians and the American colonists. Originally named the College Bridge, it was renamed the Morris Goodkind Bridge on April 25, 1969.[4] Morris had a son, Donald, who also became an architect and engineer for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Donald designed the southbound bridge, a steel span bridge built in 1974, which was named after him in 2004.[5]
In popular culture
In the 1983 musical film Eddie and the Cruisers, fictional rock band leader Eddie Wilson was believed to have drowned when his 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air went off the Morris Goodkind Bridge on March 15, 1964.
In The Sopranos episode "Nobody Knows Anything," Detective Vin Makazian leaps to his death from the Donald Goodkind Bridge.[6][7]
See also
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "New Jersey Historic Bridge Survey" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Bureau of Environmental Services, State of New Jersey. 12 November 2012. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Morris Goodkind Bridge". Bridge Hunters. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ Steven Hartsite (25 July 2012). "Bridges of sighs". STEVENHARTSITE. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ New Jersey Historic Bridge Data: Middlesex, accessed March 30, 2007
- ^ "Bill names Rt. 1 bridge after designer". dailytargum.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011.
- ^ nj.com blog, accessed July 26, 2007
- ^ Ugoku. "The Sopranos location guide - Donald Goodkind Bridge". sopranos-locations.com.