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Stanley Terrace
Bridge, center. Aerial view. 1961. Courtesy of the
Union Township Historical
Society. |
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Wm. Wyer &
Co.
Report on Rahway Valley Railroad
August 1944 |
| Over Stanley Terrace. One span thru plate
girder bridge for one track. Girder 47'-2" long. Underclearance
10'-0". (Following painted on sides of bridge - "Low Clearance - 10
feet.") Condition good. |
| Ah. The
elusive, or not so elusive, bridge over Stanley
Terrace (RVL MP 2.15) on the Rahway
Valley Line
in Union. While many nearby residents
remember the bridge, and even walking across it, any good photos of
the bridge have yet to surface. The above aerial image will have to
suffice. The Stanley Terrace bridge was constructed sometime between
1914 and 1918 as part of the three mile long Rahway Valley Line
(also known as the Maplewood Branch) between Union and
Maplewood. The bridge was of the thru-plate girder
type and was open underneath. The bridge also had a very low
clearance underneath, only ten feet, the lowest on the entire Rahway
Valley Railroad. The Rahway Valley Line into Maplewood was abandoned
in 1971 and was later completely severed by the
construction of Interstate 78 through the area. The Stanley Terrace
bridge, unused and abandoned, was razed during this
time. |
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