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In 1805, Charles Sergeant bought the property in the area. After his death in 1833, the property was inherited by his son, Richard Green Sergeant, the namesake of the bridge. The bridge was constructed in 1872, designed by Charles Ogden Holcombe of Lambertville. [3] After being damaged in 1960, it was dismantled and replaced with a modern ...
The Covered Bridge Historic District, in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, is a 97-acre (39 ha) historic district along County Route 604, Pine Hill Road, and Lower Creek Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1999, for its significance in architecture, settlement, and transportation.
Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge, constructed in 1872 across the Wickecheoke Creek, is located just west of Sergeantsville and is the oldest remaining covered bridge in New Jersey. [4] Sergeantsville was officially created in 1827 when it became desirable to establish a post office.
Photo showing Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge, the last historic covered bridge in New Jersey, as seen from Rosemont-Ringoes Road westbound in Delaware Township, New Jersey. Date: 9 August 2014: Source: Own work: Author
The driver of a dump truck learned the hard way that it's best not to tempt fate on a covered bridge originally built before the Civil War. The weight limit on the bridge was 3 tons (2,700 ...
The state's lone surviving historic covered bridge, Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge, crosses the Wickecheoke Creek between Sergeantsville and Rosemont. The Delaware and Raritan Canal parallels the Delaware River along the southern border of the township. Sergeantsville is at the township's center and includes the municipal building, local ...
Drivers high on drugs or drunk slammed into bridges and homes and careened across lawns in alarming numbers over the Labor Day weekend. Law enforcement officials in Benton and Franklin counties ...
It originates in Raritan Township on the Hunterdon Plateau and flows through Croton and Locktown before cascading off the Plateau where it passes under the Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge, one of the two last remaining covered bridges in the state. It cuts through part of the Amwell Valley and several steep sections of the Rosemont Valley ...